{"id":135742,"date":"2023-04-02T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hens-have-always-been-a-sanctuary-for-me-henfluencer-arthur-parkinson\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T22:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T15:10:17","slug":"hens-have-always-been-a-sanctuary-for-me-henfluencer-arthur-parkinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hens-have-always-been-a-sanctuary-for-me-henfluencer-arthur-parkinson\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hens have always been a sanctuary for me\u2019: \u2018henfluencer\u2019 Arthur Parkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe gardener and writer describes his love of chickens, a passion he has shared with two devoted grandmothers \u2013 and the Duchess of DevonshireI\u2019m having a cup of tea in Arthur Parkinson\u2019s grandma Sheila\u2019s bungalow in suburban Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, and there\u2019s a hen in here. She\u2019s terribly chic: a lovely cream and grey girl with a feather crest and a floppy comb like an avant-garde fascinator Isabella Blow might have worn. This is Linda the legbar (named for Kate Moss\u2019s mum; Moss is a neighbour of Parkinson\u2019s in the Cotswolds). We watch her potter around, occasionally pecking at some crumbs on a plate by the fire. \u201cShe\u2019s had a Hobnob,\u201d says Arthur. \u201cShe\u2019s beautiful,\u201d says Sheila, entirely unfazed. She\u2019s used to Arthur bringing hens round \u2013 he\u2019s been doing it since he was tiny. Linda wanders over, appraises the arm of the sofa, then jumps up on to it and lies down next to me, clucking gently.Parkinson, 30, is best known as a gardener and writer; he\u2019s the author of two books, The Pottery Garden and The Flower Yard, and his hugely popular Instagram (@arthurparkinson, 108,000 followers) is crammed with exquisite, pollinator-friendly blooms. But Linda represents his first love \u2013 hens \u2013 and that\u2019s what we\u2019re here to talk about. His new book, Chicken Boy, is part memoir (henoir?), part how-to guide to chicken-keeping, but above all, a love letter to these misunderstood creatures \u2013 not \u201cdisgusting and pecky\u201d or just \u201cSunday dinner\u201d, but charming, worthy of respect and above all, beautiful. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2023\/apr\/02\/arthur-parkinson-hens-have-always-been-a-sanctuary-for-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Hens have always been a sanctuary for me\u2019: \u2018henfluencer\u2019 Arthur Parkinson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The gardener and writer describes his love of chickens, a passion he has shared with&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-zjo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24252,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/wave-of-deals-means-the-days-of-arthur-daley-style-car-salesman-might-be-numbered\/","url_meta":{"origin":135742,"position":0},"title":"Wave of deals means the days of Arthur Daley-style car salesman might be numbered","date":"August 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Wave of deals means the days of Arthur Daley-style car salesman might be numbered","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131694,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/runny-egg-warning-after-supermarkets-are-forced-to-rely-on-foreign-hens\/","url_meta":{"origin":135742,"position":1},"title":"Runny egg warning after supermarkets are forced to rely on foreign hens","date":"November 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Runny egg warning after supermarkets are forced to rely on foreign hens","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9472,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-do-the-tories-want-to-hide-who-owns-british-land-charles-arthur\/","url_meta":{"origin":135742,"position":2},"title":"Why do the Tories want to hide who owns British land? 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