Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Richard Mabey

Born: February 20, 1941 (age 84)
Bio: Richard Thomas Mabey is a writer and broadcaster, chiefly on the relations between nature and culture.
Known for:
- Food for Free (1972)
- Flora Britannica (1996)
- The unofficial countryside (1973)
- Beechcombings (2007)