Anne Boileau
Consolation… a poem for our times
Friday 14 August 2020
And now for something completely different! In a first for the CPRE Essex website, we present a poem from Anne Boileau, whose writing has enlivened these pages several times before. Anne tells us that this poem, Consolation, “was inspired by the causeway over to Mersea Island, and the winding lanes around there. And of course […] Read more >
Too-Goods, Long Richards and Bullocks’ Valley
Monday 27 July 2020
Writer Anne Boileau wrote this delightful piece about ever-changing times in the tiny village of Colne Engaine on the Essex-Suffolk border. “I thought it might get people comparing their own villages and field names,” says Anne. The people who lived in the village of Colne Engaine more than 100 years ago have left us no photographs […] Read more >
Marking time in Coggeshall
Friday 3 July 2020
The Covid-19 lockdown is, it would appear, easing before presumably coming to an end. It has unquestionably been a difficult time – tragically so for many – but there has been light amid the gloom. In this delightful essay, writer Anne Boileau reflects on what lockdown taught us and is thankful for the good people… […] Read more >
The Gregariouness of Rooks
Tuesday 2 June 2020
So many of you enjoyed writer Anne Boileau’s recent piece entitled A Tale of Two Woods, we are thrilled to present another of her works, The Gregariousness of Rooks. A delightful look at a familiar but surprisingly complex bird, this essay will lift spirits and eyes alike… The Gregariousness of Rooks If you see a […] Read more >
A Tale of Two Woods
Friday 17 April 2020
Writer Anne Boileau kindly offered CPRE Essex this delightful story celebrating our glorious woodlands earlier in the year, before any of us had any idea of what was about to befall the country. Now, however, as we long to return to our favourite countryside places, is an ideal time to settle down and enjoy Anne’s […] Read more >