I loved how these cheeses were not only a wonderful, delicious food product but also an instrument to express heritage, tradition and history. It also goes behind the scenes, looking at aspects of the industry and cheesemaking process that are often unsung or unseen, to show what makes each cheese unique. However, as much as I moan about the production side of things, it opened up a world of food and drink as we visited local farmers markets and national food festivals selling our products.

With beautiful photography, hearty cheese based recipes, and a new insight into each of these wonderful artisans, this will be treasured by anyone with a love of cheese, the countryside and traditional cooking. Birditt has been visiting and documenting dairies all over the British Isles, looking at the food, people and landscapes dedicated to artisan and farmhouse cheeses. I want people to see Our Isles and be inspired themselves, to conserve the natural environment in a way that makes them happy and fulfilled.The UK farmhouse cheese industry has faced its biggest challenges in recent years, with the Covid-19 pandemic forcing many small cheesemakers out of business. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

I found myself starting to collect a body of work (photographs and prose) on various cheesemakers across the British Isles, fascinated by their deep knowledge of their local landscape and ecosystem, and their care for their animals. The following words extracted from longer poems and accompanying photography attempt to capture the immense beauty, fragility and mysteriousness of our Isles. Angus is an advocate for the rural environment, celebrating and encouraging its appreciation through his various works. With A Portrait of British Cheese, I wanted to celebrate the excellence of cheese in the British Isles.Cheese, perhaps more so than any other food product, can help us understand the magnitude of love and labour that goes into making the food that we eat. The public's discovery and support for speciality cheeses has helped many producers to survive, and this book is a tribute to their hard work and dedication. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. but with nowhere to house it all, so that’s when I decided to found Our Isles, a place for all of my work to come together.