Middleland- SIGNED EDITION

SIGNED EDITION

Author: Rory Stewart

Cumbria & Lake District | c 2010 to c 2020 | Reportage & collected journalism | 21st century history: from c 2000 - | Social & cultural history | Social issues & processes | Rural communities | Sociology & anthropology | Political ideologies | The environment | Agriculture & farming

Published on 17^th September 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 352 pages
198mm x 129mm | 200g

An urgent, beautifully observed portrait of rural Britain and the politics that shape it, 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.

Drawing 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.

‘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