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Writing tagged: ‘On the Moor (book)’

HebWeb interview

I have been interviewed for the local HebWeb site.

Published 22-Jul-2021
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, Darwin book, Hebden Bridge, HebWeb, On the Moor (book), science
Commemorative stone

28 June 2021

A walk around Ogden Water, and an encounter with a locally rare bird.

Published 28-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, ducks, flowers, gesses, great crested grebes, grey herons, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, John Frederick Bateman, Ogden Water, On the Moor (book), siskins, videos, yellow flag irises
Kathleen Jamie & Amy Liptrot
Kathleen Jamie & Amy Liptrot

6 February 2020

A walk on the Moor, and some encouragement from my favourite writer.

Published 06-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Calder Valley, Caught by the River, Darwin book, Hebden Bridge, Kathleen Jamie, On the Moor (book), the Moor, trig point 4144
Sheep on the Moor

20 September 2019

A walk on the Moor.

Published 20-Sep-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, cloud-seas, Hebden Bridge, meadow pipits, On the Moor (book), red grouse, the Moor, trig point 4144
Sheep Stones Edge

12 August 2019

Spotted on the Moor this Inglorious Twelfth: hen harriers (0); red grouse (0); gamekeepers (1).

Published 12-Aug-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, carrion crows, curlews, grouse-shooting, heather, Hebden Bridge, On the Moor (book), roe deer, swifts, the Moor, tormentil, trig point 4144
Miller's Grave
Miller's Grave

8 July 2019

A walk on the Moor.

Published 08-Jul-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: archaeology, birds, butterflies, Calder Valley, hazels, Hebden Bridge, kestrels, large skipper butterflies, meadow pipits, On the Moor (book), red grouse, ringlet butterflies, rooks, the Moor
Trig Point

Where has all the heather gone?

The Moor is looking decidedly lacklustre this August.

Published 09-Aug-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, heather, nature waiting, On the Moor (book), proto-sidelines, the Moor, trig point 4144, videos
Mill in snow

Newsletter No. 12: ‘Unspeakable things beneath the shrubs’

Mark E Smith · Alan Bennett · Carl Linnaeus · Ronald Blythe · human evolution · flu epidemics · Great Exhibition of the North · Charles Darwin · insects · introverts · Virginia Woolf · John Tyndall

Published 16-Feb-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alan Bennett, Charles Darwin, evolution, history of science, John Tyndall, On the Moor (book), Ronald Blythe, science
Thomas Browne

Newsletter No. 11: ‘Penguin eggs and yetis’

Sir Thomas Browne · Saturn · penguin eggs · heroes of science · evolution of languages · nature books · dna barcoding · periodic table · Alice Roberts · geology

Published 02-Dec-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, Charles Darwin, dna, geology, GrrlScientist, language, On the Moor (book), prehistory, Stephen Jay Gould, Thomas Browne, Thony Christie, W.G. Sebald
On the Moor covers (front & back)

Newsletter No. 10: ‘Book launch’

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)
On the Moor covers (front & back)

My book is finally out!

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
‘On the Moor’ proof

The appearance of my child

This afternoon, I received my proof copy of ‘On the Moor’.

Published 15-Nov-2017
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, On the Moor (book)

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