Ronald Blythe

Ronald George Blythe CBE FRSL (6 November 1922 – 14 January 2023) was a British writer, essayist and editor, best known for his work Akenfield (1969), an account of agricultural life in Suffolk from the turn of the century to the 1960s. He wrote a long-running and considerably praised weekly column in the Church Times entitled "Word from Wormingford". Quotes As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and with no explanation if he can help it. The Age of Illusion (1963), ch. 12 An industrial worker would sooner have a £5 note but a countryman must have praise. Akenfield (1969), ch. 5 External links Category:1922 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Authors from the United Kingdom Category:Anglicans from the United Kingdom Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire