Daniel Mendelsohn, Lydia Unsworth, Joe Shute and Khadijah Ibrahiim join Ian McMillan.

Daniel Mendelsohn, Lydia Unsworth, Joe Shute and Khadijah Ibrahiim join Ian McMillan.

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Five of the UK’s most promising early-career academics have been selected by BBC Radio 4 and the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

Dr Simon Mardel is an emergency medicine practitioner who has witnessed the devastation the disease has wrought during some of the worst outbreaks in history. Here, he tells Joe Shute why this latest ...

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Thanks to a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, rodents are getting a bad rap – and that’s nothing new, says Joe Shute, who is a staunch admirer of these furry pariahs

A NEW SCIENTIST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA cultural and social history of the rat, examining how one creature achieved total world domination and has inspire…

Join Fiona Brehony and Joe Shute for a creative writing workshop inspired by sounds recorded along the River Irk.

Separating truth from fiction, Joe Shute dives into the mysteries of one of the world’s most misunderstood animals. Fascinating and enlightening, this book explores rats and the surprising ways our li...

Surely a world without the rodents we look to exterminate anyway would be fine?

Surely a world without the rodents we look to exterminate anyway would be fine?

Applications are invited for three fully-funded Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLA).

A conservationist charts the remarkable story of the efforts to protect the endangered Siberian tiger

'Shows us that, ultimately, the history of rats is a history of ourselves.' THE SUNDAY TIMES'An intelligent and enlightening book' MICHAEL MORPURGO'Wonderful' T…

Experts say there could be up to 300 million of the critters gorging on our overflowing bins – and as our waistlines grow, so do theirs

Buy Stowaway by Joe Shute from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

As Toby Carvery admits to chopping down a 400-year-old oak, experts tell The Telegraph that new environmental safeguards are needed

Conservationist Sacha Dench is airborne once more and on a mission to change the public perception of a much-maligned scavenger

Our emblematic tree is in short supply and in danger of running out – is the idea of homegrown hardwood sunk forever?

Sightings of humpback whales cruising the British coast are rising – and causing debate amongst conservationists researching the cause

In the past 5 years, a huge amount of untreated wastewater has been released into English waterways. An analysis of the communication used by the water utilities shows that they have employed strategi...

Like many post-industrial urban waterways, Manchester’s River Irk was once central to the lives of the communities it flowed through. Over the past century, however, it has been built over, culvert...

As Jeff Bezos and the super rich go to ever wilder lengths to prolong their lives, what on earth do the UK's oldest members think of it all?

A Pamphlet of Poetry and Prose at Manchester Poetry Library