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2020: a year in photos

Common lizards

My tenth annual video slideshow.

Published 01-Jan-2021
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: photography, slideshows, videos

Bats podcast piece

New moon, Mercury and Venus setting over Heptonstall

I make a guest appearance in episode 16 of Melissa Harrison’s podcast ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’. Here’s an extended version.

Published 16-Jul-2020
Filed under: Featured Articles, News, Published Pieces Tags: bats, Melissa Harrison, podcasts

2019: a year in photos

2019 slideshow

My ninth annual video slideshow.

Published 01-Jan-2020
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: photography, slideshows, videos

An embarrassment of Richards

‘Emotional Field 2’ by Jo Pearl
‘Emotional Field 2’ by Jo Pearl

In which my head appears on a spike (six times).

Published 20-Jun-2019
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: art, Charles Darwin, emotions, photography

Introducing Sidelines

Buttercups!

A new section on my website dedicated to the (mostly nature) writing I write ‘on the side’. Definitely not a diary.

Published 21-Apr-2019
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: on writing, Sidelines

2018: a year in photos

2018 slideshow

My eighth annual video slideshow.

Published 01-Jan-2019
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: photography, slideshows, videos

A face for radio

Radio interview

In which I am interviewed for a ‘radio’ documentary.

Published 31-Aug-2018
Filed under: News, Writing

2017: a year in photos

2017 photos

My seventh annual video slideshow review of the year.

Published 01-Jan-2018
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: photography, slideshows, videos

Newsletter No. 10: Book launch

On the Moor covers (front and back)
Buy from Amazon uk | .com

24-Nov-2017: 158 years ago today saw the publication of my hero Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’. What better excuse could I possibly need for choosing today to launch my own book, ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’.

Published 24-Nov-2017
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: On the Moor (book)

My book is finally out!

On the Moor covers (front and back)
Buy from Amazon uk | .com

I’m delighted to announce the launch of my book ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’.

Published 24-Nov-2017
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: On the Moor (book), YOGSOT

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    My ninth annual video slideshow.

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