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The Seafarers
Stephen Rutt has written a devotional tribute to two liminal tribes, seabirds and the ornithologists who have sought to unearth some of their secrets. In this illuminating book, you will…
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The Stonemason
In The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain, Andrew Ziminski takes us on a history of building in Britain, beginning with our Neolithic ancestors through to our modern age. A…
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Irreplaceable
I first happened across Julian Hoffman earlier this year whilst supporting the campaign to stop the ill-advised M4 Black Route around Newport. The campaign was getting headier and I’d heard…
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Sule Skerry
Whilst the book world is becoming replete with nature-based books spanning the farthest reaches of our little planet, Erland Cooper seems to be taking his own approach to the ‘naturemania’…
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Berkshire’s Healing Landscape
I write about how the land holds us closer than we know and heals us always. I wrote earlier on of how the rivers of Warwickshire silently supported me and…
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The Accidental Pilgrim
A Pilgrim’s Joy My feet burn, but my heart is light. My body aches, but my spirit soars high. My worldly goods are rags and tatters, but I am wealthy…
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The Battle to Save the Orang-utan (and all of its friends…)
Deforestation, habitat loss, threatened species, extinctions. These words were alien to me as a seven-year-old, but something blurry happened in about 1995 that brought these things to my attention. I…