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Feedback sought: Potential covers for my book

On the Moor sample cover 1

I’ve been experimenting with some different cover designs for my book ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’, and would be interested in receiving any feedback you might have.

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Recent Articles

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  • 2018: a year in photos
    My eighth annual video slideshow.
  • Where has all the heather gone?
    The Moor is looking decidedly lacklustre this August.
  • The Rough Patch
    On the advantages of being a crap gardener.
  • Going camera-less
    Taking walks without lugging around a massive camera bag: it’ll never catch on!

Recent Newsletters

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  • Newsletter No. 16: Snippets of nature writing
    sidelines · Robert Macfarlane · Julian Hoffman · Amy Liptrot · Little Toller · Sir Thomas Browne · Tim Dee · Adam Nicolson · Julia Blackburn
  • Newsletter No. 15: Semi-immersed
    writing & research · milestones · Anthea Bell · island wardens · hillforts · pubs · oak trees · ancient ships · self-improvement · Mark Cocker · Jan Morris · Melissa Harrison
  • Newsletter No. 14: The terror Carter’s warriors
    Liverpool · chinese warriors · Ben Myers · shoes on wires · Patti Smith · Wuthering Heights · stratigraphy · astronomy · ancient DNA · storm petrels · LIMONCELLO ICE CREAM!!
  • Newsletter No. 13: Bramblings!
    bramblings · wheatears · Mary Beard · Beaker folk · Meera Sodha · recipes · John Tyndall · Eunice Foote · religion · Ben Myers · Austin Kleon · Walter Benjamin · giant sloths · Shetland · Neil Ansell · Charles Darwin

Recent Sidelines

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  • 17 October 2019
    The Dee Marshes.
  • 9 October 2019
    Dragonfly and egret action, and sad news from home.
  • 5 October 2019
    A walk in the woods.
  • 4 October 2019
    Mistle thrushes and late swallows.

Recent Reviews

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  • Book review: ‘The Light in the Dark’ by Horatio Clare
    A winter journal.
  • Book review: ‘A Claxton Diary’ by Mark Cocker
    Further field notes from a small planet.
  • Book review: ‘Claxton’ by Mark Cocker
    Field notes from a small planet.
  • Book review: ‘First You Write a Sentence’ by Joe Moran
    The elements of reading, writing… and life.

News

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  • An embarrassment of Richards
    In which my head appears on a spike (six times).
  • Introducing Sidelines
    A new section on my website dedicated to the (mostly nature) writing I write ‘on the side’. Definitely not a diary. Definitely not a blog.
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