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Ronald Blythe Quotes
As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.
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Birth: | 6th November, 1922 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Editor, Essayist, Writer |
Ronald Blythe is an English writer, essayist and editor, best known for his work Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village, an account of agricultural life in Suffolk from the turn of the century to the 1960s. He writes a long-running and considerably praised weekly column in the Church Times entitled Word from Wormingford.
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