A wonderful day was had - I enjoyed every minute of all of the insightful and thought provoking papers. Thanks to Jos Smith and my fellow speakers Amina Khan @jessicajlee jadecuttle Alycia Pirmohamed Davina Quinlivan Pippa Marland Richard Kerridge Graham Huggan, and Camille T Dungay

BIG NEWS OUR NEXT NATURE CLASSIC A Dream project, pinching ourselves. Publishing on Michael's 80th birthday in October. Proceeds going to Farms for City Children and beaford Photograph of Michael by Adam Bratt. littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/lit…

Like come on, Country Living, why is the actual interesting science communication side of this annual event, presented as an afterthought? Plan A is ‘get rid’ and Plan B is ‘let’s learn why this happens’ - no wonder the environment is in a mess! countryliving.com/uk/homes-inter…

I've just added a blog about the birth of the #cityfarm movement in the UK - bathmic.wordpress.com/2023/07/22/the…

Just 14 days to go before our writing competition comes to a close - don't miss the deadline 14 AUG - #Poems and & #Stories - all the details here: walklistencreate.org/competition/wr… Please submit and RT - thanks #WritingCommunity

We're thrilled that our 'Modern British Nature Writing, 1789-2020: Land Lines' book has been shortlisted for the asleuki Best Academic Monograph prize alongside the brilliant Terry Gifford, @daneltro1 Dominic O'Key, Marco Caracciolo and Cajetan Iheka

Good to hear that this has been shortlisted for the asleuki book prize. I learnt so much from co-writing it with Will Abberley, Christina Alt, Graham Huggan, and Pippa Marland. Surely time for a paperback edition? Cambridge UP - Literature & Performance Cambridge University Press - Academic cambridge.org/core/books/mod…

breaking news: protestors occupy crows nest of Icelandic whaling fleet this morning Photographs: Peter Wilson

Swift bricks to be debated in the Lords. Come on Lords, get this simple, positive, cross-party amendment into law! Hannah Bourne-Taylor theguardian.com/environment/20…

The GCSE in Natural History has stalled in the Minister for School's office (Nick Gibb ) for 18 months. Please email him and ask why the delay? Please tell him you think it is vital we teach the next generation about nature. Draft text here: curlewaction.org/wp-content/upl…

Hi Conham Bathing Water Group I have a dissertation student who would love to talk to you about your river swimming and campaigning. If you have time for a quick interview with them please could you DM me and I will send you the details. Many thanks! Pippa

Advocate! opens today, 11am to 5pm, The Space, Jamaica Street (Bristol) Advocate! Considers how arts can shine a light on invisible struggles and stigma in medicine Drop in, look at the exhibits, if you want discuss some of the issues — tea and coffee provided! Curated by the

So sad to learn of the death of the brilliant John Burnside, who on top of everything else was New Statesman nature columnist from 2011. Hard to choose favourite pieces but here are a few that we reached for today newstatesman.com/culture/2024/0…

Ah—John Burnside has died. What a writer. Here’s a page from “Ports”, the first poem of his I ever read (from The Asylum Dance, 2000). Strange, aslant & wise. Those stepped lines. Whenever we think of home we come to this: the handful of birds and plants we know by name

John Waters on Philip Hoare's "The Sea Inside" youtu.be/UUFPNnm1LyE?fe… via YouTube

From @dedalusdenaries exploring Hy-Brasil to Dr Alex Boyd on Little Cumbrae: the ‘trajectories’, as Andrew McNeillie puts it in his Editorial, ‘are almost all ‘north-north-west’’ in the latest, characteristically fascinating issue of ‘Archipelago’ clutagpress.com/product-catego…

It’s 1st June and therefore we have a new book… We’re reading ‘The Return of the Grey Partridge’ in June and July with @RogerMGwriter and the Duke of Norfolk joining us on Thursday 20 June at 8pm in conversation. See you then!