Nature Author Chris Howkins
The nature books of Chris Howkins
The Blythe Chronicles
Escaping into Ronald Blythe country..
In Praise of Richard Mabey
Richard Mabey is one of Britain’s best loved and most respected nature writers, An author whose work I have long admired since first reading his renowned work on food foraging, Food For Free, first published in 1972. Mabey has long championed that which grows on our proverbial doorstep, […]
Muddy Boots and Sunday Suits
Life in rural England by Fred Archer
Ralph McTell Revisited
A fresh look at the music of Ralph McTell
Buying Back Memories
Teenage me devoured the book opposite, I was in the middle of a science fiction phase which included Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Azimov, Harry Harrison and Robert Heinlein. That would then lead me on to Michael Moorcock and the music of the early 70s most associated with the […]
Dancing in the Moonlight
A musical enlightenment: Thin Lizzy’s Bad Reputation album
Behind the Wall of Sleep
The anniversary of Black Sabbath’s first album
Neil Young vs Joe Rogan
Neil Young’s demands to Spotify over Joe Rogan
The Beria Papers
Review of The Beria Papers by Alan Williams
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