The Book of Birds is a twist on classic field guides from the creators of bestseller The Lost Words

Helen Tookey is a poet, writer, editor and lecturer. Originally from Leicestershire, she has lived in Liverpool since 2000. She teaches creative writing at Liverpool John Moores University.

Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.

Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.

Five leading cultural figures each deliver a fifteen-minute talk exploring Venice through art, literature, history and design.

Shafik Meghji explores Cal Flyn’s The Savage Landscape, a wide-ranging examination of our romanticised notions of wilderness

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A few thoughts to celebrate World Photography Day

Colin Duncan Taylor reveals how human history is woven into the landscape, from the present day back to its very first inhabitants

Listen to the latest episodes of The Fire in the Mountain: Sicily, Etna and her People by Helena Attlee on BBC Sounds.

Snuggle up in your sleeper bunk with a poetry anthology, a stirring modern travelogue and Hercule Poirot

Chris Moss’s new books is travelogue from the places that will decide the country's future