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Ghost Egret

A poem by Will Burns. Looking through itself at the stickleback shadow play below the surface. Though perhaps (a schoolboy reflex) it’s just staring at its feet. The diagnostic yellow somehow clearer, more distinct, in the ditchwater refraction. At the part they call ‘the Wides’, where the narrowboats used to turn around before this section […]

Will BurnsAug 5, 2026
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‘Furlongs 1’ by Gilroy Mere. Furlongs by Gilroy Mere Taken from the album Furlongs, out on Clay Pipe Music in September. Since his 2023 album Gilden Gate, Oliver Cherer (aka Gilroy Mere) has kept himself busy. He has recorded an album and toured internationally with the Miki Berenyi Trio, and played bass in Lol Tolhurst’s […]

Diva HarrisAug 2, 2026
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Small, Earth-Bound Attention: Jenny Chamarette, interviewed

Book of the Month for July was Jenny Chamarette’s ‘Q is for Garden: Tending the histories of queer cultivation’. In our latest author Q&A, Jenny speaks to Tallulah Brennan about feeling through tendrils of queerness, what compost can teach us about breaking down, and daffodils as symbols of the violent and the sublime. Find an […]

Diva HarrisAug 1, 2026
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Words, weeds and wildfires: the violence of our mother tongue

Blue Kirkhope unpicks how the English language can be a catalyst for the climate crisis. A vibrant Maidenhair Spleenwort fern protruding from a wall in Glasgow city centre, like a tongue emerging from a mouth We need to talk about how we talk about nature and climate: about how the English language can be a […]

Diva HarrisJul 31, 2026
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Croft, Coast and Hill: Letters from the Northwest Highlands

Summer brings moonwort and sea thrift, rain and flame to the Highlands, as Kirsteen Bell and Annie Worsley look for symbols of hope on their crofts. June 24th, Duisky Dear Annie, If you look closely enough, this letter is likely seeded in willow. Every swirl of air carries soft white flecks of down, drifting over […]

Diva HarrisJul 29, 2026
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A Photographic Friendship

Opening this Saturday 1st August at The Burton, Bideford, Devon, A Photographic Friendship: James Ravilious and Chris Chapman celebrates the remarkable artistic partnership and shared vision of two of the UK’s most significant documentary photographers. Archie Parkhouse and Ivor Brock moving a sick ram, Dolton, 1976. Photograph by James Ravilious © Beaford Arts. Presented as part […]

Diva HarrisJul 28, 2026
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Q is for Garden

Jenny Chamarette’s ‘Q is for Garden’ — our July Book of the Month — offers connections between queerness and the soil that Kate Bradbury didn’t know she needed. Jenny Chamarette is a writer, curator and cultural critic. I first came across their work in This Allotment: Stories of growing, eating and nurturing, an anthology of […]

Diva HarrisJul 26, 2026
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A Grand Tour of Britain’s Uplands Across Epochs

Published earlier this month by Bodley Head, Ed Douglas’ big book of mountains breathes living history into immortal landscapes, writes Eben Myrddin Muse. After receiving a review copy of Ed Douglas’ Upland in the post I was, at first, daunted by its size — this is a mountain of a book about mountains. But I […]

Diva HarrisJul 25, 2026
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Like a Snow Hill in the Air

Like a Snow Hill in the Air, a new photo-and-music project by Carl Bigmore, is now available to preorder from Another Place Press. The artist writes: ‘Like a Snow Hill in the Air is about whales, or more the stories we tell ourselves about whales. The whale is sacred, the whale is spiritual. The whale is […]

Diva HarrisJul 24, 2026
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‘Down To The River’ by Peter Rogers and Laura Cannell. The Given World by Peter Rogers and Laura Cannell Taken from the collaborative album The Given World, inspired by Melissa Harrison’s recent novel of the same name, which was May’s Book of the Month. Published on May 14th 2026 by Hutchinson Heinemann, The Given World is […]

Diva HarrisJul 23, 2026
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Books of the Year So Far

Since we’re now (somehow) past the year’s half-way point, we thought we’d recap our first 6 Books of the Month of 2026. Need to buy a fellow nature-lover a birthday gift? Wondering what to read on the beach in the next couple of weeks? Look no further! Every month, we run an extract from our […]

Diva HarrisJul 22, 2026
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New in the Shop

Lichen: A Beginner’s Guide to the Lichens of the World by Rob Hodgson. Discover 18 common lichens hiding on trees, rocks, walls, and pavements — if you know how to look. Each illustrated lichen character has its own double-page spread, showing where to find it, what it looks like, and a few curious facts. This […]

Diva HarrisJul 21, 2026
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Tastykakes, Soul Songs & Shining Stars

Recently published by ZE Books, ‘Tastykakes, Soul Songs and Shining Stars’ is a rich and passionate record of a life-long obsession with soul music and Rhythm & Blues from music industry stalwart Joe McEwen, legendary A&R man for acts including Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, K.D. Lang, Wilco, Nick Lowe, Built To Spill, Queen Latifah, the […]

Jeb Loy NicholsJul 19, 2026
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Caught by the Reaper: Brian Case

Jeff Barrett writes: We were saddened to hear of the death this week of Brian Case. It came our way via Richard Williams and his blog The Blue Moment (that’s Richard laughing at something Brian just said whilst hosting the launch for ‘On the Snap’ at Ronnie Scott’s Club, 25 May 2015 – photographer unknown I’m […]

Diva HarrisJul 17, 2026
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Boomerang Process

Recently published by TNC Books, Roy’s ‘Boomerang Process’ is full of the extraordinariness and unpredictability of human existence, writes Wendy Erskine. Brian Scanlon, at present of HMP Altcourse, is writing a series of letters to the girlfriend he’s in jail for assaulting. The first one begins, ‘To my darling Melissa’. As correspondences go, it’s reflective, […]

Wendy ErskineJul 16, 2026
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‘Rock Island Line’ by Jake Xerxes Fussell. The Old Beloved Path by Jake Xerxes Fussell Taken from the album The Old Beloved Path, upcoming on Fat Possum.

Diva HarrisJul 15, 2026
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DATA VS NATURE

What does The Animals of Farthing Wood’s displacement tale look like in the age of AI? Abi Andrews considers animal sentience, the data centre deluge, and the new “pay-to-destroy” approach to planning. A bucolic scene of thick woods atop a green hill, a fox jumps onto a hollow log looking pensive yet determined, he turns […]

Abi AndrewsJul 14, 2026
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Re-Wilding and Re-Childing Time with Rebecca Tamás

Contributing editor Tallulah Brennan talks to ‘Book of Mysteries’ author Rebecca Tamás about wild time, children as animists, what kinds of seasons we deserve, and England as Stonehenge. Author photo: Robin Silas Christian What songs are audible when the wind stops? What has been kept alive in the time snatched from work, and sheltered from […]

Diva HarrisJul 11, 2026
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Seeking new subscribers!

A once-in-a-while reminder of our paid subscriber offering, which is crucial to continued running of the site. We know lots of media companies — and not just the small, independent ones — are vying for your coin at the moment, and the last thing we want is to be another gnat in your ear. But, […]

Diva HarrisJul 9, 2026
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A Little Film About Little Libraries

Thank you to Mike Gavin for recently getting in touch to share a lovely short film about Little Libraries in south east London. Made by Beowulf “Wulfie” Mayfield for the 2026 Brockley Max festival, A Little Film About Little Libraries follows reluctantly retired musician Billy Jenkins on a bike trip around the borough of Lewisham, […]

Diva HarrisJul 9, 2026
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Book of the Month: July

July’s Book of the Month is Jenny Chamarette’s ‘Q is for Garden: Tending the histories of queer cultivation’ — a bold, tender exploration of how queerness and nature entwine, and what happens when we step beyond the binaries that fence us in. Read an extract below. love in the mist (on wildflower meadows, queer kinship […]

Diva HarrisJul 8, 2026
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‘Move Your Body (Greater Horseshoe Bat)’ by Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman. Inspired by the melodic, bubbly warbles of the Greater horseshoe bat as heard through a heterodyne bat detector, ‘Move Your Body’ samples this bat’s distinctive echolocation, transforming it into a minimal sampladelic groove. Built from bat-derived beats and melodic fragments, processed harmonies, and […]

Diva HarrisJul 7, 2026
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Everywhere You Go: Photography, Petrol and Pests at OmVed Gardens

Contributing editor Tallulah Brennan heads to North London’s OmVed Gardens to take in Hannah Fletcher’s ‘Photo.Petro.Chemical.Capital’, exploring the entwined rise of photography and the petrochemical industry. I arrive at OmVed Gardens in the pouring rain. It is June, and so the wildflowers are out, today slain by the downpour, poppies lying low on the ground. […]

Diva HarrisJul 5, 2026
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High Speed 1

A poem by Will Burns. We passed through the flattest country— the very middle, most inland of it all. We went practically nowhere at previously impossible speeds. It was orchid season in the acid grassland of home and we’d been given departure times too. Old material was being re-purposed, but we couldn’t recall how […]

Will BurnsJul 4, 2026
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alive, alive oh

Claire Todd introduces her new audiovisual piece about standing deadwood. alive, alive oh is an observational piece which challenges our concept of idyll by reflecting on some of the overlooked Edens found within our landscapes. The primary elements explore the form and purpose of standing deadwood, which often appear human in their shape and structure, […]

Diva HarrisJul 3, 2026
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SAVING PUBLIC TELEPHONY

Photographic artist William Arnold is embarking on a mission to SAVE PUBLIC TELEPHONY by making a 1700-mile round-trip from Cornwall to place 52 calls from a kiosk on the Isle of Lewis — and he’s started a crowdfunder to help him on his way. William writes: ‘I’ve launched this crowdfunder as part of my ongoing […]

Diva HarrisJul 1, 2026
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Safe Harbours: Natasha Carthew, interviewed

June’s Book of the Month has been Natasha Carthew’s ‘Rough Edges’, which centres on the untold stories of Britain’s coastline communities. In this month’s author interview, Natasha speaks to CBTR’s Tallulah Brennan about the precarity of coastal living, the importance of working-class voices in the nature writing canon, and the ocean as a parental figure. […]

Diva HarrisJun 30, 2026
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ROOTED

Following their workshops at May’s Sheppey event, we’re thrilled to be working further with artists Rosa Amora and Riley Summer on their project ‘ROOTED’, celebrating migration in the UK through storytelling, printmaking and community. Over the coming months, we’re going to be following along on the site as ‘ROOTED’ progresses, eventually culminating in a zine. […]

Diva HarrisJun 28, 2026
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‘The 47 Whale Raga’ by Jim Nollman. A welcome escape into the cool, deep waters under British Columbia. Orcas’ Greatest Hits by Jim Nollman Taken from the album Orcas’ Greatest Hits, out on Smithsonian Folkways in August. Jim Nollman is a sound artist and author who has dedicated his practice to playing music with non-human […]

Diva HarrisJun 24, 2026
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Chris Watson Accessory Auction

Field recording and nature sound luminary Chris Watson is auctioning off some of his sound recording accessory equipment, including an audio organiser, mic stand, protective hard case, and a Billingham bag previously used to transport Sir David Attenborough’s personal kit. All proceeds benefit The Philip Jeck Foundation, which provides small grants (up to £1,000) to […]

Diva HarrisJun 23, 2026