"Though few other countries had Britain's unique combination of advantages for a — island status, a vicious coastline,…"

"Seven years ago, I moved into a farm on a hill near Wales. Rise Farm was run by Bert and Alison Howell, a couple in t…"

"At this time, in 2004, I am deaf. Not completely deaf, just down to about 30 per cent of normal hearing. I had starte…"

"Any very loud may eventually damage or disrupt the and lead to the death of s, whether that's an always on full volum…"

"In Holland, the subject of one of her most satisfying chapters, she marvels at a cycling landscape that could have be…"

"Bathurst is a restless, curious writer, and she interweaves the story of her own experiences with imaginative researc…"

"Field Work’s aim is to broaden and insert nuance into our understanding of farming. Bathurst moves to live in a attac…"

"The more I thought about it, the more obsessed I became with the idea of a swimming journey. I started to dream ever …"

"From water level, I observed the mating joined in flight like refuelling aircraft, and the random progress of the clo…"

"It is through trees that we see and hear the wind: woodland people can tell the species of a tree from the sound it m…"