Review by Miles King. Miles works for People Need Nature, and writes about nature on his blog. One of the unexpected bonuses of being a regular writer is that publishers’ PR agents send you books, for free, in the hope that they will be reviewed, perhaps even favourably. Even if that writing is only a…
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Sunday book review – Winston’s Journey by Jane Murphy and Lorraine Berkshire-Roe
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When I was at Wheldrake Ings on Thursday I was given a copy of this book. Wheldrake Ings is one of the important staging posts for Whimbrels on spring migration. In late April and May, thousands of Whimbrel call in, feed up and prepare for the onward journey to their main breeding grounds in Iceland….
Sunday book review – Irreplaceable by Julian Hoffman
This is a book about saving wild places across the world. In its chapters we travel from a couple of places in Kent to Glasgow, the Gwent Levels, the Fens of Cambridgeshire but also the mid West of the USA, forests in India and the seas of Indonesia. Each of the chapters deal with a…
Sunday book – Eagle Warrior by Gill Lewis
‘Bobbie is thrilled that a golden eagle has settled in the forest near her family’s farm. She loves to walk the hills with her granny and watch the bird soar through the sky. But not everyone shares Bobbie’s awe for the spectacular bird. When her granny’s beloved dog is killed by poisoned bait, it soon…
Why I wrote The Blue Hare – by Hugh Webster
After his site was hit with technical problems on the same day my book was reviewed there, Mark kindly offered me the option to post a guest blog on how I came to write the book. The idea to write The Blue Hare came to me in October 2016 while I was working at a…
Monday book review – The Blue Hare by Hugh Webster
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Reviewed by Ian Carter This book is aimed, I imagine, primarily at older children, perhaps in their early teens or a little younger for more advanced readers. That being so, when asked to read it I thought I’d have a look at a chapter or two to get a flavour of the writing and write…
Sunday book review – Who Owns England? by Guy Shrubsole
I’ve been looking forward to reading this book and it hasn’t disappointed me – I recommend it. I went to the book launch on Tuesday and drank red wine, met some friends and we all sang The Manchester Rambler which was fun. But I was keen to discover what Guy had found out and how….
Bank Holiday Monday book review – Enlightenment Now, by Stephen Pinker
Reviewed by Ian Carter The premise of this book is that by almost any metric you care to choose, things have got better for humans as a result of the scientific revolution and ‘progress’ driven by research, industry and wealth creation. It’s hard to argue with the logic. We live longer, enjoy better healthcare, are…
Sunday book review – Bird Therapy by Joe Harkness
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This is a redemptive story – of how the author recovered from a pit of despond and how nature helped him to make that transition. Chapter 1 is very moving and although getting the low-down on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Generalised Anxiety Disorder may not sound like a rattling good yarn it is a good…
Sunday book review – Rocky Shores by John Archer-Thomson and Julian Cremona
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This is a lovely book and makes me wish that my adopted county of Northamptonshire had some coastline, and rocky shores at that, to which I could rush to explore some rockpools with my newly gained knowledge. The Bloomsbury Wildlife series might possibly be seen as a competing series of books to the Collins New…