More than fifty years on, The Fat of the Land remains an important and inspiring book and retains its power to make us think carefully about our own lives. Complete with Sally Seymour’s illustrations
Like the six sides of a snowflake, the book has six chapters which explore the art, literature and science of snow. Written by a highly regarded author, this book is a unique and beautiful gift book t
An anti-pastoral memory, the real life of English farm labourers in a time of great agricultural change. Unsentimental and honest, this is an unforgettable account of life during the first half of the
Full of extraordinary characters, this book is an unsentimental memoir of the 1960s and 1970s in Kent and Sussex told through the discovery of fishing. Reminiscent of Laurie Lee and Jonathan Meades, D
Lockley was a hugely influential figure in natural history and was lauded by Sir Peter Scott and Richard Adams, the author ofWatership Down, who also used him as a character in his book The Plague Dog
Silbury Hill, the largest pre-historic mound in Europe, like Stonehenge, has inspired and perplexed people for generations. Adam Thorpe, author of the highly influential book Ulverton, reflects on wha
Iain Sinclair, the acclaimed writer, walks back along the cliff-top paths of the Gower peninsula in South Wales where he grew up. He soon recognises these walks were significant waymarks in his life a
Oliver Rackham, the outstanding botanical writer of his generation, has written the first history and ecology of the ash tree, exploring its place in human culture, explaining Ash disease, and arguing
In March 1913, as the storm clouds of the Great War gathered, Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills in Somerset. The great poet recorded his journey with photographs and
