A highland odyssey.
Reviews: Nature & Place
Reviews of books about nature and/or place.
Book review: ‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard
An eclectic mix of science, nature and memoir.
Book review: ‘Islands of Abandonment’ by Cal Flyn
Life in the post-human landscape.
Book review: ‘The Instant’ by Amy Liptrot
The follow-up to the best-selling ‘The Outrun’.
Book review: ‘Border’ by Kapka Kassabova
A journey to the edge of Europe.
Book review: ‘Albert & the Whale’ by Philip Hoare
An eclectic biography.
Book review: ‘The Diversity of Life’ by Edward O. Wilson
On our most valuable but least appreciated resource.
Book review: ‘A Year Unfolding’ by Angela Harding
Ever since, at school, I made a crappy linocut of Tony the Tiger, copied from the front of a box of Kellogg’s Frosties, I’ve been a fan of the format. Linocuts, I mean; not cereal boxes. It’s one of those things the frustrated visual artist in me keeps saying he’d like to have another go… Continue reading Book review: ‘A Year Unfolding’ by Angela Harding
Book review: ‘A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year’ edited by Jane McMorland Hunter
A poetry anthology.
Book review: ‘Birdsong in a Time of Silence’ by Steven Lovatt
A celebration of birdsong during a pandemic.