James Rebanks: The shepherd who tells the stories of ordinary, extraordinary people

James Rebanks: The shepherd who tells the stories of ordinary, extraordinary people

Growing up on a Lake District farm that had been in his family for centuries, James Rebanks always knew his place in the world. School wasn't for him - he felt his teachers looked down on farming and his grandparents worried education might lure him away from the land. By the age of 15, he had left school with just two O-Levels to work full-time on the family farm. But in the evenings, a new world opened up to him as he read through the books on his mum's bookshelves.

Inspired, James began reading everything he could. In his twenties, he went to night school and then got a place at Oxford University where he graduated with a double first in history. Today, James is a bestselling author, telling the stories of the "nobodies" - ordinary people living extraordinary lives, who like him, are deeply rooted in the land. A farmer and a writer, James has managed to carve out a unique space as both a man of letters and man of the soil.

His latest book, The Place of Tides is available now.

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Richard Osman

Richard Osman

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Tom Kerridge

Tom Kerridge

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Grenfell: Where are we now?

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Introducing Hunting Ghislaine with John Sweeney

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Lionel Barber

Lionel Barber

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Dawn French

Dawn French

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5 Marras 202047min

Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan

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29 Loka 202055min

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James O'Brien!

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23 Loka 202042min

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