TALES FROM THE WEST

he artist and writer Jenny Hunt had heard about hares on Chesil Beach but had never seen one until a few years ago, when she was putting together a book on this Dorset landmark. ‘I went very early one morning to the beach and was trudging along the pebbles when out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash of ginger, and a hare took off across Chesil Beach. It then stood at the top of the pebble bank, silhouetted against the sky. There are lots of hollows in Self-published in 2018, the volume is filled with her enchanting pen, ink and watercolour illustrations, along with thoughtful, at times poetic, observations.