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John Connell
Twelve SheepFor John Connell, the lambing season on his Cou...For John Connell, the lambing season on his County Longford farm begins in the autumn. In the sheep shed, he surveys the dozen females in his care and contemplates the work ahead as the season slow... -
Sophie Yeo
Nature's GhostsLonglisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Wr...Longlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation. For thousands of years, humans have been the architects of the natural world. Our activities have permanently altered the envir... -
Tom Heap
39 ways to save the planetWe got ourselves into this. Here's how we can g...We got ourselves into this. Here's how we can get ourselves out. We know the problem: the amount of biodiversity loss, the scale of waste and pollution, the amount of greenhouse gas we pump into th... -
Tom Heap
Land SmartWe need land for so many of humanity's growing ...We need land for so many of humanity's growing needs, such as food, renewable energy, carbon storage and housing. Traditionally, we've stolen it from nature, but this has led to a mounting toll of ... -
Adam Sharp
The Wheel is Spinning But the Hamster is DeadKnow your tater trap from your sniffle herring ...Know your tater trap from your sniffle herring in Sharp's journey around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense - the perfect gift for Christmas. Join wordsmith Adam Sharp as he journey... -
Daniel Tammet
Born on a Blue Day'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I...'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing... -
Daniel Tammet
Nine MindsJapanese researcher in psychology sets out to m...Japanese researcher in psychology sets out to measure loneliness while drawing on her own experience of autism. A quirky boy growing up in 1950s Ottawa sows the seeds of his future Hollywood stardo... -
Martin Sixsmith
The War of NervesMore than any other conflict, the Cold War was ...More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures - not only in o... -
Martin Sixsmith
Putin and the return of historyAn original history of Russia's thousand-year p...An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped ... -
Martin Sixsmith
My Sins go with meIn the darkest days of the Nazi occupation of t...In the darkest days of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Anna-Maria van der Vaart sheltered Allied pilots, gave refuge to persecuted Jews and participated in audacious acts of sabotage. She s... -
Dorian Lynskey
Everything must goWe have always told ourselves stories about the...We have always told ourselves stories about the end of the world. Long before we watched super intelligent AI wage war on humanity in The Terminator, or read about a catastrophic deluge in J.G. Bal... -
Eleanor Barnett
LeftoversA topical and richly entertaining history of fo...A topical and richly entertaining history of food preservation and food waste in Britain from the sixteenth-century kitchen to the present day. In Leftovers, Eleanor Barnett explores the many ingen...
