Quote of the day
Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you how to stop suffering. That is its purpose.
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)