Hi, my name is Alexander Burton-hargreaves, I live in the small milltown of Padiham in Northwest England with my partner Louise, a cat and a 3-legged terrier called Ethel. 

I write about various subjects, predominantly (but not solely) natural history and local history, drawing from my background working in some of the area’s country inns, including the Inn at Whitewell and Hark to Bounty and working with the keepers on local country estates where I did my work experience whilst studying conservation and land management.

Recently I have had the unique experience of learning about several of our country’s historical properties en-situ, as a museum assistant with Lancashire County Council, and have incorporated this into my recent articles.

I currently publish on Wordpress, with the aims of eventually getting a book published in print form and having a regular column in a magazine of newspaper.

You can read my articles on my wordpress page, ‘Northwestnatureandhistory’ and I am fairly active on social media, i’m not a bad cook either and I very occasionally publish some of my recipes.