Once Upon a Raven's Nest - a life on Exmoor in an epoch of change

''This is a rich, beautiful and deeply moving book''GEORGE MONBIOT
''I loved this book'' CLOVER STROUD
''Stunning. Urgent. Unforgettable'' TANYA SHADRICK
''This has the unmistakable smell of a classic'' CHARLES FOSTER

Once Upon a Raven''s Nest is an account of an epoch of change; of the earth and of a human life. It is the story of a working class man, one Thomas Hedley of Exmoor, and of the planet during the period of its great acceleration towards the current climate emergency.

Born in 1955 to a poor family in Devon Thomas refused to conform. His fierce independence, recklessness and contrariness led not only to scrapes and self-inflicted dangers but to a life enriched by the love of women. Catrina Davies came to know him in his last years and has given his life and times in his own words, creating a rich, pungent language in a knowing, poetic and poignant voice.

We learn of his accumulation of engines,