Tickner Edwardes

The Lore of the Honey-Bee


Read by Steve C


The sun shines — you know it has always shone, changeless as Time itself. With such a faith — unfounded and therefore incontestable — I cam…

The Bee-Master of Warrilow


Read by Steve C


"Is it true that a bee can only sting once?" I asked him, as he bent again over the crocus beds.He laughed."What would be the…

With The Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt


Read by Steve C


Throughout the First World War, members of the Royal Army Medical Corps provided constant support for British and Allied military troops whe…

Lift-Luck on Southern Roads


Read by Steve C


Here for you is the tale of my latest solitary ramble. The journey covers, as you shall see, some two hundred odd miles, through five southe…

Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village


Read by Steve C


If you love the quiet of the country - the real quiet which is not silence at all, but the blending of a myriad scarce-perceptible sounds yo…

Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village (version 2)


Read by Peter Yearsley


Tickner Edwardes (properly Edward Tickner Edwardes) served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI and later became the vicar of the West…

Short Science Fiction Collection 100


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Librivox has officially contributed a whopping 100 of these numbered collections of science fiction short stories! To celebrate, we are doi…

An Idler In The Wilds


Read by Steve C


Although he was well known around the South Downs in West Sussex as 'The Bee-man of Burpham', Tickner Edwardes also had a great affinity for…

Coffee Break Collection 035 - Birds


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This is the 35th Coffee Break Collection, in which LibriVox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

First Chapter Collection 012


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The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…