A Thing of Beauty
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A Thing of Beauty

I’d been looking forward to reading Peter Fiennes’ new book A Thing of Beauty since its first mentions on social media, having read and reviewed its wonderful predecessor Footnotes (2019,…
October 18, 2021Posted inBooksNo Comments
The White Birch
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The White Birch

Edgelands, not the ones where concrete and vegetation intersect, but the ones where culture and nature face each other in the mirror. A major thread in Tom Jeffrey’s new book,…
September 18, 2021Posted inBooksNo Comments
Light Rains Sometimes Fall
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Light Rains Sometimes Fall

One of the many things that have amazed me in the world is traditional Japanese art and architecture, I’ve always been fascinated by how intertwined buildings and bridges have become…
September 14, 2021Posted inBooksNo Comments
Goshawk Summer
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Goshawk Summer

James Aldred, an Emmy award-winning documentary cameraman and author of The Man Who Climbs Trees, has written this account of lockdown last year, based on his field diaries-kept while he…
September 14, 2021Posted inBooksNo Comments
The Red Planet
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The Red Planet

Mars is a planet that has not only inspired the imagination through literature, history, and cinema it has been one of the main preoccupations of explorers throughout time, to go…
August 31, 2021Posted inBooksNo Comments
Borderlines
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Borderlines

Any book that has me engaged and laughing in the first few pages is a book I know I’m going to enjoy, and Borderlines fulfilled its purpose to educate, enlighten…
August 16, 2021Posted inBooksNo Comments