Enchanted Forests by Boria Sax
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Enchanted Forests by Boria Sax

This is an immensely rich cultural history of woodlands and covers a huge range of subjects, which makes it constantly fascinating and stimulating. Whether writing about folklore, cathedrals, contemporary environmental…
October 30, 2023Posted inWordsNo Comments
Deliverance
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Deliverance

For days there had been no signs of human life. Pine forests shrouded in snow and half-frozen lakes glittering in the sun stretched into an unspoilt Canadian wilderness. It was…
January 15, 2022Posted inWordsNo Comments
A Thing of Beauty
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A Thing of Beauty

I’d been looking forward to reading Peter Fiennes’ new book A Thing of Beauty since its first mentions on social media, having read and reviewed its wonderful predecessor Footnotes (2019,…
October 18, 2021Posted inBooksNo Comments
Earthed
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Earthed

Many of us have dreamt of returning to nature and escaping the humdrum of city living, for Rebecca Schiller and her family this became a reality, taking up a smallholding…
June 29, 2021Posted inBooksNo Comments
The Eternal Season
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The Eternal Season

Like many other people over the past 12 months or so many have been experiencing Covid exhaustion, trying as much not to read the daily news of more deaths, seemingly…
May 17, 2021Posted inBooksNo Comments