Introducing my new series ‘A brief history of Bedfordshire in plants and animals’. Each short post will be focused on a plant or animal as a prism through which to talk about a period.
Tag: Nature
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
A Bedfordshire A-Z
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
Biography of a wood My starting point for this poem was the idea of ancient woodland. In England, areas of … More
What’s a wetland worth?
It’s a clear morning in early February, there’s a tang of cold and salt in the air. A shimmering flock … More
Thin places: a reflection for A Rocha UK
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to … More
Arthur Ransome: nature writer?
This essay was written as a guest blog post for Land Lines, an AHRC funded project looking at British Nature … More
The Birdwatchers’ Year
In 2017 I entered the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition. The collection was called ‘The Birdwatchers’ Year’ and whilst I didn’t win … More
