The Raven's Nest

In 2008, on a week-long trip to a film festival in Iceland, Sarah Thomas was spellbound by the strange landscape she found herself in, a place whose midwinter full moon is brighter than daylight, wher …

A Home for All Seasons

Gavin Plumley considered himself a distinctly urban being…until he met his rural husband, Alastair. Together, they bought Stepps House – a three-storey building in Pembridge, Herefordshire – on love …

Looking for Theophrastus

Who is Theophrastus, and why should we care? Once, he was the equal of Plato and Aristotle. Together he and Aristotle invented science. Alone he invented Botany. The character of the Wife of Bath is h …

Everest 1922

Though it remains by far the world’s most famous mountain, in recent years Everest’s reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face, lurid tales of frozen corpses an …

The Rome Plague Diaries

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On the first morning of Rome’s Covid-19 lockdown Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances and began writing an email, describing where he was, what was happening and what …

Cathedrals of Steam

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‘Fascinating’ ‘Books of the Year’, Financial Times’London’s twelve great rail termini are the epic survivors of the Victorian age… Wolmar brings them to life with the knowledge of an expert and the …

On Animals

‘Every essay in this book is magnificent… Mesmerizing.’ New York Times’How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,’ writes Susan Orlean. Since the age …

Hot Air

Ours is the age of global warming. Rising sea levels, extreme weather, forest fires. Dire warnings are everywhere, so why has it taken so long for the crisis to be recognised?Here, for the first time, …

The Arbornaut

One of the world’s first tree-top scientists, Meg Lowman is both a pioneer in her field – she invented one of the first treetop walkways – and a tireless advocate for the planet. In a voice as infecti …

The Last Lions of Africa

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‘Bravely pursued, acutely observed and elegantly told.’ John Vaillant, author of The Tiger’Urgent and important. This moving tale with a heroic cast of characters, leonine and human, is a must-read fo …

The Unreality of Memory

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‘A work of sheer brilliance, beauty and bravery’ Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less’Masterly… Her essays have a clarity and prescience that imply a sort of distant, retrospective view, like postcards …

The Age of Islands

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‘Extraordinary… A fascinating and intelligent book.’ Sunday TimesNew islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing …

The Natural Health Service

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‘Brilliant’ — Matt HaigIn 2016, Isabel Hardman’s mind, in her own words, ‘stopped working’ as she fell prey to severe depression and anxiety. She took time off on long-term sick leave and despite sev …

Budgerigar

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Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed, budgerigars are Australia’s gift to the bird world.They know how to count, can grasp simple grammar and have …

Keep Your Eyes on Me

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· · A NUMBER ONE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER · ·’Pacey and exciting and totally joyous.’ Jo Spain, author of The Confession________________________You won’t be able to look awayWhen Vittoria Devine and Lil …

Alice to Prague

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In 1994, with a battered copy of Let’s Go Europe stuffed in her backpack, Tanya Heaslip left her safe life as a lawyer in outback Australia and travelled to the post-communist Czech Republic.Dismissin …