According to the book summary, readers can expect to be regaled with more outlandish schemes from Diddly Squat Farm – the sheep are gone, to be replaced with pigs and ‘psychopathic’ goats ­– while the cows have been joined by a bull named Break-Heart Maestro. As an aside - I surprise myself by having quite a bit of patience with the English version of this humour, but I think it may have to do with the fact that it's not told in the horrible Gothenburg accent. And just to not be too hard on Gothenburg, it needs to be said that I spent most of my mandatory military service there and that probably coloured my perception of it ( not really, seriously, stay away!) In one short comedic series, and book, Clarkson has done more to highlight the plight of farming in Britain today, and, as he says, he does this to earn 40p a day. He speaks of the high injury/death rate due to farm accidents and the terribly high rate of suicides in farming. And he speaks from the heart because, despite all the hardship—he knows that without his other income from TV shows he would have gone under a long time ago—he loves what he is doing.

I enjoyed the book. It was a year in the life of a very, very wealthy man trying to be a farmer since Covid had cut his car-reviewing career down to naught. He bought Lamborghini tractors! He called his farm Diddly Squat because that's what it made: nothing. But he has a farm shop that he and other locals (etc?) supply and his name and fame has ensured its success. That is right – it is time for another riotous trip to Diddly Squat Farm with farmer-in-progress Jeremy Clarkson.” So, being utterly and completely uninterested in cars*, I have obviously not a clue of who Jeremy Clarkson is and what makes him famous**Ma arvan, et kõlab nagu paljude inimeste karjäär, sest kes ikka üsast välja potsatades kõike oskab. Pärast võid oma õppeprotsessist panna kirja vahva lugemise ning kui sa oled Jeremy Clarkson, siis see avaldatakse lausa paberi peal ajalehes. Kui sa oled suvaline minusugune, siis kirjutad sa selle internetti kuhugile digipapüürusele, et pakkuda vähemalt teistele oma kannatustest meelelahutust. Sest sarnaselt Top Geariga ei ole tegemist lugejat säästva õpetliku traktaadiga, vaid ikkagi ajaviitelugemisega Briti keerulisest olukorrast COVIDi ja Brexiti aegu. Igasugu UK viiteid on tõsiselt palju, mille kohta maakeelde tõlkija on kannatlikult pidanud iga lehekülje alla harimatutele eestlastele selgitusi viitama, mis võtavad Clarksoni hoogsal tekstil kahjuks tugevasti inertsi maha. Also, when someone thinks it's an enviable knowledge to know this by heart (or even more when someone says cr*p like "I was able to test the new automatic because thankfully I was able to shift gears manually and I'm much better than any automation") this is what makes me simultaneously roll my eyes hard enough to lose balance, laugh so hard so I lose my breath and fall asleep from pure boredom. In short - it's not good for me.

Jeremy's strong point is he is a fantastic writer, this book was originally columns in a Sunday newspaper, his weak point is, well he doesn't have one. 5 stars. Jolly good read. His sheep are trying to kill him. His pigs are re-enacting The Great Escape. He wants a chainsaw but he’s afraid of them, and he constantly worries that he’ll walk home some day with his severed arm in a bag. An idyllic spot offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bustling hedgerows and natural springs, it's the perfect plot of land for someone to delegate the actual, you know, farming to someone else while he galivants around the world in cars. Berry continued to hosts Jeremy Kyle and Nicola Thorp on TalkTV: ‘Health and safety came in, I went from being a presenter to a director and all of a sudden in the 2000s, health and safety people appeared which was great because sometimes, as a programme maker, you get all excited about what you’re doing and you think, “Let’s top what we did last time. Let’s make it bigger, more exciting, more spectacular.”This was to be the third title in ‘The World According to Clarkson’ collection of books, as it would provide further insight into his mindset and how he thinks as a person. Preceded by ‘The World According to Clarkson’ followed by ‘And Another Thing’, these titles would help make his name as a populist writer of non-fiction. With over six titles in the series overall, this has probably been his most successful franchise in the publishing world, with a collection of omnibus editions too. Bringing his perspective to the forefront once again, it manages to incorporate his now trademark sense-of-humor and insight into his work once again. He writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, but is better known for his role on the BBC television programme Top Gear. Then there are the animals: the sheep are gone; the cows have been joined by a rented bull called Break-Heart Maestro;. the pigs are making piglets; and the goats have turned out to be psychopaths. Diddly Squat – A Year on the Farm is the companion book to the first series of Clarkson’s Farm, and like the series, it follows Jeremy Clarkson as he stumbles through learning how to actually be a farmer in his famous, bumbling ‘I’m a complete idiot,’ style. Because while he’s mastered the art of moaning about nearly everything, some of the other attributes required of a successful farmer prove more of a challenge. Who knew, for instance, that loading a grain trailer was more demanding than flying an Apache gunship? That cows were more dangerous than motor-racing? Or that it would have been easier to get planning permission build a nuclear power station than to turn an old barn into a farm restaurant?

Because while he has mastered the art of moaning about nearly everything, some of the other attributes required of a successful farmer prove more of a challenge.” Jeremy kirjeldab, miks põllupidamine pisikesel skaalal on tõsine väljakutse ja kallis hobi. Ning seda kõike kohalikus ajalehes kolumnides, mis nüüd kokku raamatu andsid. Ning lisaks on ta leidnud aega ka selle kohta nähtavasti sari teha, mille vaatamine nüüd ootamatult prioriteetseks ülesandeks kerkis, sest raamatu peatükid on väga kõikuva kvaliteediga, aga telesaateid mees ju teha oskab. Seda tõestab asjaolu, et tema nn "autorevüü" saateid vaatavad andunult peamiselt inimesed, keda mootorid ja ringrajasõit absoluutselt ei huvita. Rääkimata pisiasjast, et revüüsaatest kunagi keegi ühtki reaalset tarbijanõuannet ei leidnud.

Review What I most learned from this book, was that government decisions on the environment can have devastating effects, I had not heard of these examples. They came after major interference on what the author needed to do with a water supply for his crops. Since the last book, Clarkson’s enthusiastic schemes for diversification have been met with stubborn opposition from the ‘red trouser bridgade’, and Kaleb and Lisa have had doubts about Jeremy’s plan to build a business empire based on rewilding and nettle soup. From a career as a local journalist in the north of England, he rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of Top Gear in 1988. Since the mid-1990s Clarkson has become a recognised public personality, regularly appearing on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows. As well as motoring, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on subjects such as history and engineering. From 1998 to 2000 he also hosted his own chat show, Clarkson. Pull on your wellies, grab your flat cap and join Jeremy Clarkson in this hilarious and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the farm we're all obsessed with.