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The President of the United States of America meets Sir David

In case you missed it last night (assuming you are reading this from the UK or US – it is yet to be aired in Australia, the Nordic countries, Poland, Hungary, Turkey and another 40+ countries but will be in due course) I strongly recommend you catch up with the Obama/Attenborough interview. In an unprecedentedContinueContinue reading “The President of the United States of America meets Sir David”

New Nature Writing – a response to Mark Cocker’s Article

http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/06/death-naturalist-why-new-nature-writing-so-tame Mark Cocker has called the recent expansion of “new nature writing”  ‘among the most significant developments in British publishing this century’. Further, he claims that, whilst the audience is probably bigger than ever before, the presence of ‘real nature’ is perhaps less cogent. Generally, I agree. In a recent article in the New StatesmanContinueContinue reading “New Nature Writing – a response to Mark Cocker’s Article”

My Vision for Nature (and Farming)

This post was written for the ‘Vision for Nature’ Campaign being run by ‘A Focus on Nature’, the principal network for young conservationists in the UK. The original can be found on the AFON website. For me, improving the state of nature goes hand in hand with improving land management techniques and engaging with the farmingContinueContinue reading “My Vision for Nature (and Farming)”

Nature writing, John Clare and a case for conserving the everyday

When I speak to conservationists more often than not the conversation will turn to interests in specific species and this will probably include a discussion of their interest in a particularly rare species. A prominent example in my own local area is a project to conserve populations of Fisher’s Estuarine Moth (Gortyna borelii lunata) andContinueContinue reading “Nature writing, John Clare and a case for conserving the everyday”