On nature and belonging in an ancient forest.
Reviews: Nature Writing
Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe
A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
Book review: ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’ by Melissa Harrison
A nature diary.
Book review: ‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez
Deservedly seen as a classic.
Book review: ‘Rising Ground’ by Philip Marsden
A search for the spirit of place.
Book review: ‘The Natural History of Selborne’ by Gilbert White
A nature writing classic.
Book review: ‘Antlers of Water’ edited by Kathleen Jamie
Writing on the nature and environment of Scotland.
Book review: ‘Kilvert’s Diary’ by Francis Kilvert
The diary of a Victorian country curate.
Book review: ‘Into the Tangled Bank’ by Lev Parikian
In which our author ventures outdoors to consider the British in nature.
The ‘Wormingford’ series by Ronald Blythe
A magnificent ten-volume series of weekly diary-entries-cum-essays.