Ian NiallIan Niall (1916-2002) was the pen name of John McNeillie, author of over forty books on country matters, including The Poacher's Handbook and The Way of a Countryman.

In 1990 he celebrated forty years as a columnist, at one point both forThe Spectator and for Country Life where he was known and loved by a wide public for his weekly 'Countryman's Notes'.

He was born in Scotland and he spent his formative years on his grandfather's farm in Wigtownshire, recalled in A Galloway Childhood. He and his wife then lived in Wales and, later, the Chilterns. They had three children. Read More Read Less