Swifts and the story of life on earth.
Writing tagged: ‘Mark Cocker’
Cocker, the walk
A short walk with Mark Cocker to admire the natural grandeur of a Yorkshire wood.
Propellor: Flight // In Conversation
A cross-genre performance of music and words.
Nature writing’s ill-defined, thriving ecosystem
There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.
Newsletter No. 23: ‘Emerging from aestivation’
Massimo Pigliucci · ‘spirituality’ · Barry Lopez · talking trees · Eleanor Konik · rewilding · Mark Cocker · light pollution · Sir Clive Sinclair · Horatio Clare · swifts · The Enlightenment
No longer rocket science
A Zoom lecture makes me yearn for the golden days of blogging.
Newsletter No. 21: ‘Positively sluggish’
Richard Mabey · Tim Dee · Mark Cocker · Amy Liptrot · Kathleen Jamie · Patti Smith · Alan Bennett · Melissa Harrison · Urban Birder · Patrick Wright · Clive James · and more…
Book review: ‘Crow Country’ by Mark Cocker
A meditation on birds, landscape and nature.
Newsletter No. 17: ‘Scoffing all the berries’
Island Review · Julian Hoffman · John Green · Dorothea Lange · Jonathan Meades · Rebecca Solnit · Willowherb Review · Robert Macfarlane · Dave Winer · Horatio Clare · Mark Cocker · Steve Rutt
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.
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