Standing up for Nature
I’m speaking to the East Berks RSPB group on Thursday evening – in Maidenhead at 730pm (doors open at 7pm). I’ll be speaking a little about Behind the Binoculars, a little about Passenger Pigeons and a little about why we should ban driven grouse shooting. And the meeting is open to non-RSPB members (£4) as…
The paperback of A Message from Martha is out on 24 September: it has the same words, a lower price and a slightly different cover. Today is the 101st anniversary of the extinction of the most numerous bird on Earth. In the last year have we moved closer to saving the world’s biodiversity? Not much,…
It’s not a great idea to have two books coming out within days of each other in the same month – but these things happen. And, as friends have said, it’s better than not having two books coming out within days of each other in the same month. On 20 July, Behind the Binoculars –…
Do you remember the Passenger Pigeon? Do you remember Martha? Do you remember the Corner Laughers? Here is the Corner Laughers’ latest video of their song Martha (Cincinnati, 1914) which is the shortest song, and naturally my favourite, on their new album Matilda Effect. The best of luck to Karla and the guys on a…
I didn’t expect to get an email like this one – how wonderful! Dear Mark, First off I hope you don’t mind a stranger contacting you out of the blue. I’d like to tell you how much I enjoyed my now well-worn copy of A Message From Martha. It was not only an astonishingly well…