Author: Richard Carter

Not particularly interesting narratives of sailing back and forth between islands and the mainland I very much enjoyed R.M. Lockley’s Letters From Skokholm. Indeed, it is one of my favourite ‘nature classics’ to be re-published by the wonderful Little Toller Press. I enjoyed Dream Island far less. Whereas Letters From Skokholm was all about bird… Continue reading Book review: ‘Dream Island’ by R.M. Lockley

The letters of Arthur Ransome Reading other people’s correspondence is one of my guilty pleasures. As a child, I loved Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons books. As an adult, I finally got to realise my childhood dream of visiting Wild Cat Island. So, when I came across a copy of Ransome’s letters in a favourite… Continue reading Book review: ‘Signalling from Mars’ by Hugh Brogan (ed.)

Part 2 of an entertaining two-part biography of Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin: The Power of Place is part 2 of Janet Browne’s two-part Darwin biography. You can read my combined review of both volumes here.