Linnaeus riding through Lapland; frost fairs on the Thames; courtship in the snow in Japan; Tove Jansson on her childhood; snippets of Beth Chatto. An anthology of wintry delights.
Saki's Tobermory could have taught Dr Brown a thing or two but sadly he did not survive to tell his tale (tail?). Apparently cats evolved their meows to communicate specifically with humans,... read more
Henderson lends an ear to the world around him, to both the audible and the inaudible... the rustling of the Northern Lights, the sound of desert sands, the subterranean boom of a volcano...... read more
The Pulitzer-winning novelist is unflinching in her account of mankind's destruction of the environment for commercial gain - from the C16th English fenlands to Russia's Great Vasyugan Mire ... read more