Wellspring

Colin Aston's eye for living detail and his feel for the underlying humour in everyday situations, together with Angela Barnes's illustrations produce a portrait of a quintessentially English town. Royal Tunbridge Wells, nestling in the Weald of Kent, is the inspiration for a collection of poems which, drawing from its many and varied personalities, have a relevance to people far beyond the environs of this historic spa. At the same time, feelings of familiarity and newly-discovered delight in the forgotten corners of their town are evoked in the hearts of Wellspeople themselves.