J. H. B. Peel


John Hugh Brignal Peel was a British journalist, author and poet, writing, as J. H. B. Peel, about farming and the countryside. From the 1960s, he wrote a fortnightly essay, "Country Talk", for the Daily Telegraph. He wrote and narrated radio and television programmes. He was also awarded "Book of the Year" on two occasions by The Sunday Times.

Education

His father was the comedian Gillie Potter. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, and at Oriel College, Oxford.

Poetry

It was said of J. H. B.Peel by John Masefield: "Mr Peel knows more than any other living man about the life of the English Countryside."