Peter Frost obituary

My father, Peter Frost, who has died aged 79, was a journalist perhaps best known for his weekly Frosty’s Ramblings column in the Morning Star newspaper – a witty and fiercely political wander through wildlife, working-class history and whelks. Running from 2012 to 2022, it was avidly read by, among others, Jeremy Corbyn.

The column came about after he wrote a well-received article for the paper on the mass trespass of Kinder Scout and then pitched the idea for a weekly “political nature column”. Thereafter, Frosty’s Ramblings roamed joyfully from canals to crayfish and from Rosa Luxemburg to the Headscarf Heroes of Hull. He liked to celebrate the small joys and big struggles of ordinary people, and delighted in connecting the politics of everyday life with the pleasures of good food and the natural world.