The Heart of the Valley point for writing the novel. It was also based on the nature in the valley where he lived. The Heart of the Valley The Heart of the Valley is a novel by British author Nigel Hinton. It was first published in 1986 and was his first and to date only book written for adults. The story focuses on the nature of an English valley especially the dunnocks. In the winter a female dunnock left her territory to find food and came to the front garden of Brook Cottage where other birds were also feeding from the bird table. That evening
Lliana Bird Cox, More in Common" award. Bird was also named as one of "Foreign Policy"'s "Top 100 Global Thinkers 2016". In 2016, Bird hosted the London Peace Talks. In 2017 Bird co-founded The Kindly Collective, which brings people together to fundraise and champion projects supporting women, children and creatures across the globe. Bird has lived with comedian Noel Fielding since about 2010. They live in Highgate, north London. Noel and Lliana have one child called Dali. Lliana Bird Lliana Bird, or Birdy (born 17 August 1981), is a British radio presenter (currently on Radio X ), writer, actress and co-founder of