evidence: Pam Ayres MBE is releasing a new poetry book, Doggedly Onward: A Life in Poems, this October 2024, aptly on National Poetry Day. [...] The collection captures the elements of Pam's unique personality, from her love of dogs, her lifelong fascination with wildlife to how she feels about ageing, as well as the universal human emotions of hope, regret, love, heartbreak and joy that have made her such an enduring voice in literature. [...] Having been born and raised in Stanford in the Vale — which gave Pam her iconic accent — she now lives in the Cotswolds just outside Cirencester with her husband and dogs and has even hosted a four-part Channel 5 series, The Cotswolds and Beyond With Pam Ayres, due to her deep love and connection to the area.