Writing

Grouse in winter

How red grouse change their habits in cold weather.
Tales of derring-don’t

I’m beginning to wonder whether I might inadvertently have begun to invent a new sub-genre of ‘nature writing’.
Primroses v Wurlitzers

George Orwell on the simpler pleasures.
Prize-winning author lost on Moor

When your instincts and your compass disagree, trust your instincts. I mean your compass.
Sebald’s TV listing

When you enter into Sebald’s universe, it seems to me, you have to play along.
What I read in 2014

I read 36 books in 2014. This shows an uncharacteristic degree of consistency on my behalf.
2014: a year in photos

My fourth annual video slideshow review of the year.
Let’s go!

By the time he was my age, John Lennon had been dead for almost ten years.
A new favourite place

A walk with an old friend on the Cumbrian coast.
Autumn alignments

Our kitchen might not be of World Heritage Site calibre just yet, but each autumn there comes a reminder that our house sits on the same spinning rock as Stonehenge and Newgrange.
Back-endish

How a mere week can make a big difference in the natural world.
The best camera

My point-and-shoot camera turned out to be the best camera in the world yesterday.