"We think about history coming down to us; but creation, generally, builds upwards, layer on layer...". JLS is a farmer as well as one of our foremost writers of nature, and here he takes hi... read more
An exploration of our shores, the land between the tides, the littoral realm of the shrimp and the anemone... Nicolson is observant, patient, inquisitive, immune to soaking, buoyed by poet... read more
Witty and wandering memoir about the pursuit of happiness - indeed paradise - through all things "fishological", which include travelling about and stillness, people and solitude, childhood ... read more
Tesson practised living in extreme cold on the shores of Lake Baikal a few years ago, memorably and entrancingly recounted in Consolations of the Forest. Here he has renounced both solitude ... read more
Professor Simard has spent a life-time in dendrological research, looking at the ways trees communicate and trade with one another that have been popularised in recent years by Peter Wohlle... read more
An account of farming in Britain today - from sheep farming to polytunnels. Bella Bathurst's previous subjects have included the Lighthouse Stevensons, so she gets our vote.
Why bring back predators that were extinct? RD was responsible for re-introducing ospreys, red kites and many others to the UK: he has the experience and is very persuasive.