List of Illustrations

1   Introduction: Beating the Bounds

1.1   Beating the Bounds, Oxford, 1977. © Homer Sykes.

2   Speed and Stillness: Driving in the Countryside

2.1   Burial mound seen from A34, 2014.

2.2   Iain Nairn, Lamp Standards, from Outrage, 1955. Courtesy of RIBA Library Photographs Collection and the Estate of Ian Nain.

2.3   Andrew Cross, 3 hours from here (an English Journey), 2004.

2.4   Andrew Cross, Untitled (an English Journey), 2004.

2.5   Front cover of Country Life, 15 October 1970.

2.6   ‘Kidlington’ from Oxon Shell Guide, 1936. © Shell Brands International AG. Courtesy the Shell Art Collection.

2.7   ‘Slough Then and Now’, Bucks Shell Guide, 1937. © Shell Brands International AG. Courtesy the Shell Art Collection.

2.8   Equivalents for megaliths, 1935, Paul Nash (1889–1946). © Tate, London 2014.

2.9   Frontispiece from Dorset Shell Guide, 1936. © Shell Brands International AG. Courtesy the Shell Art Collection.

2.10   ‘Ordinary Things’ image of pub sign and text below it, Bucks Shell Guide, 1937. © Shell Brands International AG. Courtesy the Shell Art Collection.

2.11   Front and back covers of the Wiltshire Shell Guide, 1935. © Shell Brands International AG. Courtesy the Shell Art Collection.

3   Keeping Britain Tidy: Litter and Anxiety

3.1   Abandoned shoe amongst fly tipping in Micheldever Wood, Hampshire.

3.2   Trainer colonised by the environment, found at the edge of a footpath.

3.3   Drawing from the Litter Trails Report, 1940. Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of The Trustees of the Mass-Observation Archive. © The Trustees of the Mass-Observation Archive.

3.4   Image from Women’s Institute Keep Britain Tidy Campaign, c.1955. Courtesy of Keep Britain Tidy.

3.5   Litter sign in Avebury, Wiltshire, 2010.

4   The Networked Village: Women’s Institute Golden Jubilee Scrapbooks

4.1   Detail from Public Services page, Binsted Women’s Institute Golden Jubilee Scrapbook, 1965. Hampshire Record Office: Binsted Women’s Institute: 153M85/2.

4.2   Shopping page, Public Services page, Binsted Women’s Institute Golden Jubilee Scrapbook, 1965. Hampshire Record Office: Binsted Women’s Institute: 153M85/2.

4.3   Martha Rosler, Cleaning the Drapes, from the series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home (1966–1972). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nagel, Berlin/Cologne.

4.4   Richard Hamilton, Just what is it that makes todays homes so different, so appealing?, 1956. © R. Hamilton. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2014.

4.5   Gas Council advert, 1961. Courtesy National Grid Archives.

4.6   Ian Nairn, ‘Wirescape’, from Outrage, 1955.

4.7   Lyons Maid ice cream advert, 1968.

5   Performing the Village: Festivals and Folk Art

5.1   Flour being distributed at the Tichborne Dole.

5.2   Vicar reads out names at the Tichborne Dole.

5.3   Villagers queue up at the flour trough.

5.4   Benjamin Stone, Hare Pie Scrambling and Bottle Kicking, 1905. Courtesy of Library of Birmingham, Sir Benjamin Stone Photographic Collection.

5.5   Tony Ray-Jones, Herne Bay Carnival, 1967.

5.6   Tony Ray-Jones, York Mystery Players, 1969.

5.7   The Burry Man, 1977. © Homer Sykes.

5.8   Sick note envelopes by Dean Briggs, part of Folk Archive by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane.

5.9   The Country Exhibition plan from the Festival of Britain Programme, 1951. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

6   Conclusion: Limbo Dancing

6.1   Bampton Morris Dancing, Bampton, Oxfordshire, 1977. © Homer Sykes.

6.2   Jeremy Deller’s re-enactment of the Battle of Orgreave. Filmed for Channel 4, directed by Mike Figgis and produced by Artangel, 2001. © Martin Jenkinson www.pressphotos.co.uk