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Writing tagged: ‘Mark Cocker’

‘One Midsummer’s Day’ by Mark Cocker

Book Review: ‘One Midsummer’s Day’ by Mark Cocker

Swifts and the story of life on earth.

Published 29-Aug-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, Science Tags: environment, Mark Cocker, reviews, science, swifts
Mark Cocker and other naturalists in Nutclough Wood
Mark Cocker and other naturalists in Nutclough Wood

Cocker, the walk

A short walk with Mark Cocker to admire the natural grandeur of a Yorkshire wood.

Published 19-Jul-2023
Filed under: Featured Writing, Nature, Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Calder Valley, expeditions, Hebden Bridge, Mark Cocker, nature waiting
Flight event

Propellor: Flight // In Conversation

A cross-genre performance of music and words.

Published 16-Jul-2023
Filed under: Writing Tags: art, Hebden Bridge, Mark Cocker, music, Paul Knights
Rook

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.

Published 28-Apr-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Barry Lopez, Darwin book, Gilbert White, John Fowles, Kathleen Jamie, Mark Cocker, nature writing, Richard Mabey, Richard Smyth, Ronald Blythe, taxonomy, Thomas Browne, Tim Dee, W.G. Sebald
Gannet, Bempton Cliffs

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

Published 01-Oct-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, Barry Lopez, Horatio Clare, light pollution, Mark Cocker, Massimo Pigliucci, rewilding, spirituality, swifts, The Enlightenment
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No longer rocket science

A Zoom lecture makes me yearn for the golden days of blogging.

Published 22-Feb-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: blogging, Dave Winer, Mark Cocker, social media, technology
Slug

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…

Published 19-Feb-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alan Bennett, Amy Liptrot, Clive James, Darwin book, insects, Kathleen Jamie, LRB, Mark Cocker, Melissa Harrison, Patrick Wright, Patti Smith, Richard Mabey, Tim Dee
‘Crow Country’ by Mark Cocker

Book review: ‘Crow Country’ by Mark Cocker

A meditation on birds, landscape and nature.

Published 09-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: birds, Mark Cocker, reviews
Fieldfare on our hawthorn

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

Published 06-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Horatio Clare, island review, Julian Hoffman, Mark Cocker, on writing, Robert Macfarlane, Stephen Rutt, Willowherb Review
‘A Claxton Diary’ by Mark Cocker

Book review: ‘A Claxton Diary’ by Mark Cocker

Further field notes from a small planet.

Published 03-Oct-2019
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, Nature & Place Tags: Mark Cocker, reviews
‘Claxton’ by Mark Cocker

Book review: ‘Claxton’ by Mark Cocker

Field notes from a small planet.

Published 03-Oct-2019
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: Mark Cocker, reviews
Semi-immersed

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

Published 02-Nov-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Jan Morris, Mark Cocker, Melissa Harrison, on writing, Sidelines

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