Following in monastic footsteps from Yorkshire to Bedfordshire

The first glimpses of the ruins of Fountains Abbey are fleeting, spied through the trees that line the steep valley. … More

Coming back to life in a walled garden

A potter around the walled garden at Wimpole Hall in Cambridge back in May inspired this piece, which might be … More

My series of posts for CPRE Bedfordshire was designed to help readers to explore the county via an A-Z of … More

Biography of a wood My starting point for this poem was the idea of ancient woodland. In England, areas of … More

Back in 2018 MinK, a new literary zine for Milton Keynes, was launched at the MK Literary Festival. I was … More

It’s a clear morning in early February, there’s a tang of cold and salt in the air. A shimmering flock … More

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to … More

I have written two briefing papers on environmental themes for JRI, The John Ray Initiative. Extending the right to roam: … More

I’ve been reviewing books for the JRI website since 2020. The titles include nature writing, books about the intersection between … More

This essay was written as a guest blog post for Land Lines, an AHRC funded project looking at British Nature … More