Category: The Long Spring

Sold out – and back again!

Leopard Moon Rising and The Long Spring are available again.

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Spring journeys – March 2016

As part of my blog series The Long Spring - ten years on, I recall a walk around a favourite town, and the common wayside flowers of central Spain.

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The Cranes’ Journey

As part of my blog series The Long Spring - ten years on, I recall the first appearance of a bird that was to accompany me for virtually the whole of the rest of my journey, all the way to the far north of Norway.

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The Long Spring – ten years on

Laurence Rose’s ‘inspiring, eye-opening read’ (The Spectator) appears in a second, revised edition next month, with new material looking back...

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San Blas Day

3 February is – for those who celebrate – the first day of spring. At least it is in Spain,...

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Extinction – who cares?

To mark the publication on Monday of Framing Nature - conservation and culture, this long-read essay compiles edited excerpts on the subject of extinction and loss

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Framing Nature: white-tailed eagle

The white-tailed eagle is a great conservation success story, but a lingering hatred for raptors on the grouse moors of the Cairngorms remains a threat.

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Letters from Gilbert: 3

On this day in 1771 Gilbert White, whose 300th anniversary we celebrate this year, was thinking about migration. Exactly 245 years later I visited his home on my own spring journey.

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Oktoberfeste

I'm looking forward to speaking at three very different festivals coming up in October.

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North Cornwall Book Festival talk podcast

Last month’s North Cornwall Book Festival was memorable, and the talks are available as podcasts for those who missed it. ...

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