An award-winning nature writer has been signed as a columnist by a regional title.

John Lewis-Stempel has joined The Countryman magazine, run by Skipton-based Dalesman Publishing.

John, pictured, is an author and farmer who is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice.

In 2016, he was also named Magazine Columnist of the Year.

John said: “I was flattered to be asked by The Countryman for my ‘rural view’ because the much loved little green book is a place where anyone who believes that they can contribute to the great necessary discussion about the countryside and farming wants to be. Needs to be.

“So, no pressure then. More seriously, my hope is that the magazine’s readers will find utility and pleasure in my words. I do know I shall enjoy penning them.”

Editor Lorraine Connolly added: “We are so thrilled that John is joining The Countryman family – he knows exactly what our readers want because he is a true countryman himself.

“The Countryman magazine is one of the oldest, most respected countryside magazines in the world, and we will be celebrating our 100th anniversary in 2027.

“As John said, the magazine, is still known to many as the ‘little green book’.

“It is published monthly and is read by more than 80,000 people throughout Britain and overseas, who share its concerns for the countryside, the people who live and work in it, and its wildlife.”