Books Fantastic beasts and how to save them Katherine Rundell’s new book is a treasury of extraordinary animals endangered by human negligence and greed. By Kathleen Jamie
How nature reclaims the places humans have abandoned What might happen to the entire planet, when humanity shrinks away? By Kathleen Jamie
The scampering energy of a 16-year-old’s nature diary Dara McAnulty's Diary of a Young Naturalist is written in tumbling, intelligent, young prose that rolls quickly through the… By Kathleen Jamie
The radical lessons of William Wordsworth How the young poet, shaped by revolutionary politics, taught us to love the living world. By Kathleen Jamie
Codling and flounder the fishermen reply, baiting their hooks by the pier behind the shopping mall. “They arrive on the surge when… By Kathleen Jamie
Uncovering the facts of the Scottish clearances An entire peasant class was removed to make way for sheep. But this was not confined to the Highlands… By Kathleen Jamie
Gypsy Britain: the community behind the media panic In all the hysteria, the voices of Gypsies themselves are hard to find. By Kathleen Jamie
Where the Wild Winds Are: Nick Hunt weathers the storms of Europe Aided by meterologists, the author embarked on a series of “wind-walks”. By Kathleen Jamie