Nature & Place
Reviews of books about nature and/or place.
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Book review: ‘Selected Poems’ by Kathleen Jamie
A highly enjoyable poetry collection.
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Book review: ‘Insectivorous Plants’ by Charles Darwin
Darwin at his most Darwinian.
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Book review: ‘The Good Bee’ by Alison Benjamin & Brian McCallum
A celebration of bees and how to save them.
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Book review: ‘Under the Rock’ by Benjamin Myers
The poetry of a place.
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Book review: ‘The Tree’ by John Fowles
Dissing science (and art) for no good reason.
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Book review: ‘Time Song’ by Julia Blackburn
Searching for Doggerland
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Book review: ‘The Seabird’s Cry’ by Adam Nicolson
The lives of puffins, gannets, and other ocean voyagers.
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Book review: ‘Notes From Walnut Tree Farm’ by Roger Deakin
The jottings of a great observer of nature’s minutiae.
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Book review: ‘Watling Street’ by John Higgs
Travels through Britain and its ever-present past.
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Book review: ‘Our Place’ by Mark Cocker
Can we save Britain’s wildlife before it’s too late?
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Book review: ‘In Patagonia’ by Bruce Chatwin
Wandering about Patagonia with no clear plan in mind.
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Book review: ‘The Last Wilderness’ by Neil Ansell
A journey into silence.