Chicken Boy: My Life With Hens by Arthur Parkinson #foliosociety This bitterly funny Cold War

This bitterly funny Cold War satire on the end of the world expresses our deepest fears of Armageddon

When she’s not cracking cases

It is another masterclass by Ali Heath in creating soulful spaces that sing with warmth and cut their own design path

pirates to trees

but his victory has had profound consequences

Chicken Boy: My Life With Hens by Arthur Parkinson #foliosociety This bitterly funny Cold WarA captivating testament to the mutual rewards and delights of keeping chickens, by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flower Yard Most of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young but for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens. Growing up in an ex mining town in Nottinghamshire, the other kids in the playground called him 'Chicken Boy'. The quiet fulfilment of keeping hens became his sanctuary, a tonic for mental and physical health,