{"product_id":"9781529971644","title":"Middleland : Dispatches from the Borders","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Stewart, Rory \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCumbria\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 September 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 29 | 246g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of a place – and the people politics too often forgets, from the no. 1 bestselling author of Politics on the Edge‘Rare and life-affirming’ MICHAEL MORPURGO‘Personal, wise and often funny’ CAROLINE LUCASRory Stewart spent nearly a decade as MP for Britain’s most rural constituency, Penrith and the Border, living among Cumbria’s fells, farms and ancient frontiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on pieces written during his years as an MP, Middleland is both a love letter to rural Britain – exploring tensions between farming and the natural world, between the need to preserve and to grow, between local and national demands – and a quietly radical argument for how politics might better serve the people it represents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A triumph’ Literary Review‘A moving, grounded look at rural Britain’ i Paper‘Intriguing…enjoyable’ Daily Telegraph‘Full of intelligence and panache’ Scotsman‘Refreshingly honest’ Country Life‘Stewart sees Cumbria’s glory’ New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55665588371832,"sku":"9781529971644","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781529971644.jpg?v=1789735733","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529971644","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}