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Hard Lying by Lewen Weldon
At the time of the outbreak of World War One, Lewen Weldon was stationed in Egypt where he was employed in surveying the region. Quickly stationed on a converted German…
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Finland as a hiking destination
Finland as a hiking destination I believe every country in the world offers great opportunities for hiking. The nature, climate, and also hiking culture varies from one country to the…
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The Granite Kingdom by Tim Hannigan
In conversation with the author of this book, I once described my early impressions of Cornwall as a kind of ramshackle Eden. My first two visits were in the late…
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The Jay The Birch And The Limpetshell by Richard Smyth
This marvellous book is subtitled ‘Finding Wild Things With My Kids’ but I wouldn’t let that put you off even if, like me, you have never had any children of…
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Birds and Us by Tim Birkhead
For me, a new title by Tim Birkhead has been a must-read ever since I came across his The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Birds a few years…
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Magic at the Minack
All eyes turned to the sea where, just to the left of the actor’s head, a basking shark was swimming, quite leisurely, past. Welcome to the Minack Theatre in the…
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The Hill of Devi by E. M. Forster
To my shame I hadn't read anything by E.M. Forster, but there was something about The Hill of Devi that I found encapsulating, enigmatic in its description that encouraged me…
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FAMILIAR SHORES: How South Africa taught me to love the coast
I had always known my mum wanted to move away. Whenever we would take childhood trips through the Lego-model villages and sweeping valleys of the Dales or the Lake District…
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An Open Door: New Travel Writing for a Precarious Century Edited by Steven Lovatt
I hardly know Wales at all. There was that one of our irregular summer childhood holidays when we exchanged the constant drizzle of Frinton for the interminable downpours of Aberdaron…
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Where Light in Darkness Lies by Veronica della Dora
I love lighthouses, although I'm not sure why is something I could place my finger on but I find something 'otherworldly' about them, representing the edge of our world, standing…