David Gentleman

Going to the seaside is the first experience I can properly remember. It was an unforgettable moment when the road from the station, which had seemed to end abruptly in empty sky, fell away to reveal the magically straight and level line of the sea's distant horizon. Beneath it lay the waves and...

/ htf^Huotten/s^ There is no such thing as a British landscape. Though we might instinctively feel that a characteristic landscape was English, Welsh, Scottish or Irish, no British-looking scenery exists. Instead, these islands contain a remarkable concentration of distinctive local scenery, of...

From the Isle of Wight to the Orkneys David Gentleman's stunning pen and watercolour illustrations combine with an insightful commentary to create a matchless portrait of the British Isles today.