Peter Tolhurst obituary (opens in new tab)

My friend Peter Tolhurst, who has died aged 81, was a conservationist, author and publisher. In 1995 his fascination with local distinctiveness led him to create for the publication of titles celebrating East Anglia’s cultural landscape. These included new works by , and Richard Mabey, who said he was “the pivotal figure in East Anglian literary culture”.Peter was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, during the second world war to Lilian (nee Jones), who was in the Women’s Land Army, and Alfred Tolh...