'Full of gems - I'll never again look at a field and think: 'It's just a patch of grass'' SPECTATOR'A wonderful leap, with a wise guide, into the green we thought we knew' TRISTAN GOOLEY'Wright is a joyful companion' CAROLINE QUENTINA sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby patch of grass. One is the sanitised evidence of monoculture, the other a world teeming with more life than you coul...

It is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice and butterflies. But as much as we might dream about foraging for mushrooms or collecting wayside nettles for soup, most of us are unaware of quite how profoundly hedgerows have shaped the history of our landscape and our fellow species.One of Britain's best known naturalists, John Wright ...

Originally published in 1881, this is a'Practical treatise on the cultivation of the most profitable outdoor crop known'. Wonderfully detailed, it presents a complete system for the growing, cutivating and harvesting of all types of mushrooms.

With the high prices of placing ads today, why not save money? There's no special secret to writing and placing advertisements in magazines, tabloids and newspapers. And why not claim the discount given to advertising agencies?If you handle your own advertising correspondence, work with layout artists and write your own ads, it's well worth your while to set up your own in-house ad agency and save a ton of money.

Would you like to realize your goals? Maybe you'd like to run your own business, expand your material possessions, or succeed in the arts. There is no one path to the pot of gold, but many people of all backgrounds have successfully found it.Whether you want to follow the ways of the great financiers, the famous politicians, or the dynamic movie stars, there are common modes of behavior each of them followed. And in many cases, they have shared their secrets so YOU CAN FOLLOW THEIR ...

A practical investigation of how comedy works, by a well-respected practitioner and teacher. With a Foreword by Toby Jones.Comedy is recognised as one of the most problematic areas of performances. For that reason, it is rarely written about in any systematic way. John Wright, founder of Trestle Theatre and Told by an Idiot, brings a wide range of experience of physical comedy to this unique exploration of comedy and comedic techniques.The book opens with an analysis of the...

'Masks are empowering… They enable you to take risks. They provoke you into working with the reckless logic of a six-year-old or the enigmatic stillness of someone wiser than you'll ever be. But above all, masks let you be you without your habitual limitations.'In Playing the Mask, award-winning theatre-maker and teacher John Wright explores and demystifies mask-work: what masks do, how they do it, and, above all, what they can teach us about acting.This b...

Why do we pay for gym memberships and then don't go? Why do we comfort ourselves with a pint of ice cream, knowing we'll regret it the next day? How can we harness the power of our mind to lose weight, stay healthy, and feel better about our inner self?BELIEVING IS THE ANSWER!In "Believe In It." you'll learn how to change your lifestyle and bolster your mindset to finally start losing weight. You'll see that it's possible to lose weight, stay healthy, enjoy...

Poems of protest, power and politics: a range of poems protesting political action and the use of power from the shooting of innocent children in the USA to the beating of refugees in Guatemala, through to the oppression of Gay men and the cruelty of the established church as well as poems about poverty, grief and the universal pain of unrequited love.

Forty Years Fixing the Mags is the fascinating story of Newcastle United's head physio, Derek Wright, and his time at the club from the early 1980s to 2022.Growing up on a tough council estate in a County Durham mining town, Derek's footballing ability was discovered by Arsenal, who signed him as an apprentice at 16. Injury ended his playing career but he remained in football, becoming the youngest physio in the Football League at Malcolm Macdonald's Fulha...

Sophocles, the Greek Dramatist, who lived from 497-406 BC, was one of the great dramatists of all time and his tragedy, Oedipus Rex among the greatest of plays ever written but Sophocles had the benefit of another play, Laius, now long-lost, based on the same mythic story, by the Greek dramatist Aeschylus (525-456 BC). John Wright has now recreated the story of Laius, the king of Thebes, and the father of Oedipus in the form and style of Shakespearian drama and thus written mainly in blank...

Are you hungry for more of God's presence? Do you long to be undone by the beauty of Jesus and live a life fully abandoned to Him? "The Deeper Walk: Spiritual Treasures Old and New for Seekers Today" is an invitation to embark on a transformative journey into the heart of the Bridegroom.Through the timeless wisdom of celebrated authors such as Wade Taylor, John Wright Follette, Hattie Hammond, Madame Guyon, Walter Beuttler, and Seeley Kinne, you will be ignited with fresh passion f...