Bookshop of the Month – Cogito Books, Hexham
For a particularly special Bookshop of the Month feature, we head over to the delightful town of Hexham…
Environment
In Celebration of Trees: A Tree Story by Fiona Stafford
For centuries, trees have served humankind in countless useful ways; but our relationship with these silent companions has…
Bookshop of the Month – The White Horse Bookshop
The summer holidays are upon us, so what better time for a visit to our Bookshop of the…
17 Suprising Facts About Trees – by Fiona Stafford
Fiona Stafford, author of the charmingly illustrated The Long, Long Life of Trees, explores the many ways in which humans…
The Narrow Edge: Bay of Plenty
The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey follows the extraordinary migration of red knots…
Elements of Power: What’s Behind the Screen of your Smartphone?
David Abraham on The Elements of Power Smartphone and tablet packaging doesn’t have an ingredients list. You might…
Dirty Coal – The Real Priority for the Paris Conference
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change – an annual meeting of all countries that want to take…
The Paris Conference on Climate Change – Copenhagen all over again?
‘Climate change is a long-term problem and it needs a long game.’ The United Nations Conference on Climate…
Flight to the Arctic: The Narrow Edge
The rufa red knot sandpiper and the common horseshoe crab, two relatively unassuming creatures, are the focus of a…
Voices of the Wild – Echoes from a Soundscape Ecologist
Article by Bernie Krause, author of Voices of the Wild ‘While a picture may be worth a thousand…
Six Surprising Owl Facts
By Tony Angell, author of The House of Owls — To most of us owls are mysterious and elusive…
Back to the Garden: Books For Summer 2015
Summer is fast approaching, and while we can keep our fingers crossed that June and July will be…
The Narrow Edge: Tracking the Red Knot
Deborah Cramer has spent the last few years following a relatively unknown and unassuming shorebird, the red knot….
Samuel Palmer: Shadows on the Wall
Nineteenth-century Britain produced some of the most notable and innovative landscape painters of all time and saw the…
Chelsea Flower Show: A Natural History of English Gardening
The Chelsea Flower Show is one of the most famous horticultural events in the world and although no…