The godfather of British nature writing reflects on the conflict between cultivation and autonomous nature

In Ted Hughes’s phrase, the reappearance of the swifts tells us that the globe’s still working. When we encounter the author in the opening pages of this powerful memoir, his…

A Mabey magnum opus: ‘Mabey’s finest, an eclectic world-roaming collection of stories…lacing colour, intimacy and emotional texture around the scaffold of hard facts.’ - Spectator

This fully updated special edition of the classic complete guide to the edible species that grow around us includes a new foreword from the author and a plate section with…

Britain’s greatest living nature writer (Times) reveals the true story–andtrue glories!–of the plants we love to hate.

A portrayal of country life at the close of the 19th century. It tells the story of three closely related Oxfordshire communities - a hamlet, the nearby village and a…

The British love their birds, which are inextricably entwined with every aspect of their island life. British customs, more than 1,000 years of English literature, the very fabric of society…

The expressive paintings of Rose Wylie (b.1934), mix styles and subject matter, high art with low and kitsch to create bold depictions of modern life. This monograph, the first of…