Jeremy Clarkson

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Diddly Squat: The Farmer's Dog

Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly

Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home

A Year on the Farm

Diddly Squat

Can You Make This Thing Go Faster?

Motorworld

Clarkson on Cars

I Know You Got Soul

Driven to Distraction

Round the Bend

Really?

What Could Possibly Go Wrong. . .

Don't Stop Me Now

Born to be Riled

The World According to Clarkson Volume 1

The World According to Clarkson

The World According to Clarkson Volume 2

And Another Thing

The World According to Clarkson Volume 3

For Crying Out Loud

The World According to Clarkson Volume 4

How Hard Can It Be?

The World According to Clarkson Volume 5

Is It Really Too Much To Ask?

The World According to Clarkson Volume 6

As I Was Saying . . .

Diddly Squat: Home to Roost

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The best thing Clarkson's done . . . It pains me to say this

Even the most committed Clarkson haters will find him likeable here

Clarkson has done more for farmers in one series than Countryfile achieved in 30 years

James Rebanks, author of A Shepherd's Life

Clarkson has showcased the passion, humour and personalities of the people who work throughout the year to grow the nation's food . . . and brought an understanding of many of the issues faced by farmers to the British public

Praise for Diddly Squat: Home to Roost

Fans of the Prime TV series Clarkson's Farm will enjoy this companion

Welcome back to Clarkson&rsquo;s Farm. 
The spring crop failed. Farming sheep, pigs and cows was hardly more lucrative (better off breeding ostriches&hellip;) 
 
But in the face of uncooperative weather, bureaucracy, and the world&rsquo;s persistent refusal to recognise his genius, our hero&rsquo;s not beaten yet. Not while the farm shop&rsquo;s still doing a roaring trade in smelly candles, he isn&rsquo;t. 
 
Misery loves company and in girlfriend Lisa, Farm Manager Kaleb, Cheerful Charlie and Gerald his Head of Security Jeremy&rsquo;s got the best. And it&rsquo;s hard to feel too gloomy with a JCB telehandler, a crop-spraying hovercraft and a digger in the barn.

It's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - will the chickens finally come home to roost? 
Welcome back to Clarkson’s Farm . . . 
Where the spring barley crop has failed. Just like the oil seed rape. And the oats turned the colour of a hearing aid. The mushrooms went mouldy. While the sheep, pigs and cows cost more than they earned. At least, the farm shop’s doing a roaring trade in candles – even if they smell like Jeremy’s knacker hammock. 
So never mind the rain, the skirmishes with the local planning department and the gargantuan hole in Jeremy’s wallet. Because it’s hard to feel too gloomy about life when there’s a JCB telehandler, a crop-spraying hovercraft and a digger waiting in the barn. 
For any man with several metric tons of powerful machinery at his fingertips must be doing something right . . . 
Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, October 2024

Welcome back to Clarkson’s Farm. 
 
So, that went well … 
 
The spring barley crop failed. Just like the oil seed rape. And the durum wheat. Then the oats turned the colour of a hearing aid and the mushrooms went mouldy. Farming sheep, pigs and cows was hardly more lucrative. Jeremy would be better off trying to breed ostriches. 
 
But in the face of uncooperative weather, the relentless realities of the agricultural economy, bureaucracy, a truculent local planning department and the world’s persistent refusal to recognise his ingenuity and genius, our hero’s not beaten yet. Not while the farm shop’s still doing a roaring trade in candles that smell like his knacker hammock, he isn’t. 
 
On the face of it, the challenges of making a success of Diddly Squat are enough to have you weeping into your (Hawkstone) beer, but misery loves company and in girlfriend Lisa, Farm Manager Kaleb, Cheerful Charlie and Gerald his Head of Security Jeremy knows he’s got the best. And it’s hard for a chap to feel too gloomy about things when there’s a JCB telehandler, a crop-spraying hovercraft and a digger in the barn. 
 
Because as a wise man* once said, ‘there’s no man alive who wouldn’t have fun with a digger …’ 
 
*Jeremy

Jeremy Clarkson began his writing career on the Rotherham Advertiser. Since then he has written for the Sun, the Sunday Times, the Rochdale Observer, the Wolverhampton Express & Star, all of the Associated Kent Newspapers and Lincolnshire Life. He was, for many years, the tallest person on television. He now lives on Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire where he is learning to become a farmer.

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Praise for Clarkson's Farm

The best thing Clarkson's done . . . It pains me to say this

Shockingly hopeful

Even the most committed Clarkson haters will find him likeable here

Quite lovely

Praise for Diddly Squat

Clarkson has done more for farmers in one series than Countryfile achieved in 30 years

Clarkson has showcased the passion, humour and personalities of the people who work throughout the year to grow the nation's food . . . and brought an understanding of many of the issues faced by farmers to the British public

A deserving Farming Champion of the Year

Praise for Diddly Squat: Home to Roost

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