The lives of puffins, gannets, and other ocean voyagers.
Book review: ‘The Seabird’s Cry’ by Adam Nicolson
All Writing
All of my articles, reviews, and newsletters gathered in one place.
Book review: ‘Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species’ by Sabina Radeva
Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection explained for young children.
Book review: ‘Landfill’ by Tim Dee
A celebration of gulls.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’
Letters to and from Darwin in the immediate aftermath of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.
Book review: ‘The Diary of a Bookseller’ by Shaun Bythell
A year in the life of a Scottish bookseller.
2018: a year in photos
My eighth annual video slideshow.
Book review: ‘Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants’ by Ken Thompson
Darwin’s botany today.
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
Book review: ‘Notes From Walnut Tree Farm’ by Roger Deakin
The jottings of a great observer of nature’s minutiae.
Book review: ‘Draft No. 4’ by John McPhee
Essays on factual writing.