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Tim Woollings
Jet Stream : A Journey Through our Changing ClimateA number of extreme weather events have struck ...A number of extreme weather events have struck the Northern Hemisphere in recent years, from scorching heatwaves to desperately cold winters, and from floods and storms to droughts and wildfires.Th... -
Thomas Halliday
Otherlands : A World in the MakingThis is the past as we've never seen it before....This is the past as we've never seen it before. Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time, showing us the Earth as it used to exist, and the worlds that were here before ours. Awar... -
Ricky Ross
Walking Back Home'For all these years I've told stories. Sometim...'For all these years I've told stories. Sometimes these days I also tell them on the radio. I've met some amazing people and their stories need told too. The first time Deacon Blue ever played Wemb... -
Anna Deacon and Vicky Allan
Taking the PlungeWild swimming changes lives. The thrill of plun...Wild swimming changes lives. The thrill of plunging - or dipping a toe - into open water brings joy, confidence, adventure and friendship. It can wash away stress and sadness, pain and grief. Here ... -
John Wright
Grasslands : The Intricate Life of Britain's Hidden HabitatsA sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby pat...A sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby patch of grass. One is the sanitised evidence of monoculture, the other a world teeming with more life than you could ever imagine. Join John Wright, one... -
James Crawford
Wild History : Journeys into Lost ScotlandYou scramble up over the dunes of an isolated b...You scramble up over the dunes of an isolated beach. You climb to the summit of a lonely hill. You pick your way through the eerie hush of a forest. And then you find them. The traces of the past. ... -
Aidan Meighan
Folklore of TreesUncover the myths, legends and secrets of the w...Uncover the myths, legends and secrets of the world’s most iconic trees. Did you know that laurel is said to protect against snakebites and shield against witchcraft? Or that yews are often planted... -
Peter Marren
The Devil’s Garden : The World's Most Sinister Plants and FungiA lively exploration of the poisoners, trickste...A lively exploration of the poisoners, tricksters, stingers, stinkers and invaders of the plant world and how their lives intertwine with ours. Some plants and fungi – those we cultivate in farms, ... -
Sarah O'Connor
We Are Not Machines : The Fight for the Future of WorkFrom award-winning Financial Times journalist S...From award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is transforming our working lives in unpredictable ways. A tsunami of change, we are told, ... -
Lucy Mangan
Bookish : A Love Letter to ReadingA love letter to all those who come alive when ...A love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of ... -
Robert Macfarlane
The Book of BirdsFrom the creators of the internationally bestse...From the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon The Lost Words: a dazzling celebration of birdlife in Britain, re-imagining the classic field guide for... -
Neil Forsyth
The Gold : The real story behind Brink’s-Mat: Britain’s biggest heistThe real story that inspired the BBC drama, The...The real story that inspired the BBC drama, The Gold. On Saturday, 26 November 1983, an armed gang stole gold bullion worth almost £26 million from the Brink's-Mat security depot near London's Heat...
