Category: BOOK REVIEWS

This book has a Polish author and many stories of Polish ornithologists, artists and writers. Since I first visited Poland last year, for a family reason, I was predisposed to these parts of the book. I enjoyed hearing of painter Jozef Chelmonski and then Googling his works, and greatly enjoying some of them and not…

I feel privileged to have read this book a few days before it is released. You should read it too. I don’t normally do this, but here is the publisher’s account of the book; rather unusually it sums up the book accurately: This is the story of a family led to confront a crisis they…

This is a truly lovely book. I’ve blogged about it before, because I knew it was coming, but now I am holding a copy in my hands it is just a delight. The idea is simple, as many good ideas are; there are 67 red-listed species of bird in the UK, let’s get 67 writers…

This book, 67 species, 67 authors, 67 artists, is about the red-listed birds of the UK and goes on sale on Valentine’s Day. Show some love for our birds and buy a copy, please. Money from sale will go to RSPB and BTO projects on the Red67. All the artwork is brilliant and I expect…

It’s difficult to decide what to spend my royalties on … …but I’m not complaining at all. Getting money for work done years ago, particularly quite pleasant work, is great. fighting for birds still sells a few copies even though it was published in 2012. 2012 – that’s a long time ago.

This is an impressive work – it lists all British species that have English names. That’s from A to Z; Aaron’s Rod to Zipperback. I did know something about Aaron’s Rod but everything I know about Zipperback (what it is, where it lives geographically and in terms of habitat, and how it got its memorable…

A new creative collaboration, bringing together two of Britain’s wild bird charities and leading writers and artists, has just been launched. Titled ‘Red Sixty Seven’, the project seeks to raise awareness of our most at-risk birds and secure additional funds for BTO and RSPB scientists to carry out important research, work that should help to…

This is a series of essays penned by a wide variety of campaigners and environmentalists and covering a wide variety of topics related to the why and how of environmental protest. You will find here information on why direct peaceful action is needed and how to act if you so wish. The page ‘Block a…

I received this book as a Christmas present and it was a very well-judged gift as I managed to read three chapters on Christmas Day. It looks at how we spend our time and how that has changed over 50 years. The data come from time use diaries, where individuals record what they are doing…