How our estrangement from Nature has led to collapse and extinction of entire ways of life.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Victorian search for dinosaurs.
Wuthering Heights
Brontë classic, written just down the road from here.
Captain Beefheart: the Biography
Stupendous biography of rock music's greatest genius.
Untold Stories
Alan Bennett at his Alan Bennettest.
Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram
Iain (M) Banks gets paid to travel round Scotland drinking malt whisky.
The Peregrine, the Hill of Summer & Diaries: The Complete Works of J.A. Baker
Beatifully observed, poetic nature writing.
Charles Darwin: The Story of the Amateur Naturalist Who Created a Scientific Revolution and Changed the World
A short, very readable biography of Charles Darwin.
Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-star Fantasist
A writer and poet's obsession with music.
Last Chance to See…
The late Douglas Adams travels the world visiting endangered species.