This book made me laugh out loud. It is about our native British mammals, the water voles, beavers, badgers, boar, and others, and the efforts of those trying to save them or reintroduce them to our Isles.
It is by turns hilarious, scathing, blunt, and powerful, written by two people who have devoted their lives to our furry friends. A must-read for anyone interested in British wildlife.
Countryfile's best nature and wildlife books for 2023
Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize
'Elegiac, informative and funny; some truly magical encounters in the wild' Peter Fiennes
Britain is teeming with wildlife, often in the most unexpected places. There are stone mines where bats hang out with pot-smoking teenagers and water voles thrive without water in Glaswegian parklands. Our coastlines are laden with seals. That's the good news. The bad news is that a quarter of British mammals are at imminent risk of extinction.
Tim Kendall and Fiona Mathews take us on a safari unlike any other. Armed with binoculars, a…
Anyone who eats food should read this book. I found it to be a riveting read.
Ravenous reveals the shockingly dysfunctional state of our global food system. Intensive farming is ravaging the Earth, polluting, damaging the soils, wiping out wildlife, and belching out greenhouse gases, while the food industry turns agricultural products into synthetic ultra-processed foods that make us ill.
There are great suggestions as to how we can all eat better and look after our planet at the same time.
'Ravenous is a revelation: a fast-paced, entertaining and often jaw-dropping guide to the modern food system, why it is putting us all in danger, and how we can escape its clutches' Andi Oliver, Chef and Broadcaster
'An unputdownable, fast-paced, cracking good read ... there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that Henry Dimbleby's book Ravenous could change the world, or at any rate the UK' Prue Leith
A manifesto for revolutionising our food system
You may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you…
Michael Pollan says, “Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” In just seven words, he provides the best dietary advice I’ve come across, whether you care about your own health or more about that of our planet.
In Defense of Food explores our bizarre and changing relationship with Food. We are obsessed with nutrition, diets, and supplements, yet simultaneously consume a grossly unhealthy diet that is driving an epidemic of obesity and diabetes.
#1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food Rules
Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?
Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion--most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see…
This book is about the wonderful world of insects. I’ve been fascinated by insects since I was a child, and have been lucky enough to make a career out of studying them. They are amazing, beautiful, often weird creatures, and vitally important as pollinators, pest controllers, recyclers, and as food for bigger creatures. Love them or loath them, we all need insects.
Sadly, insects are in decline, under pressure from habitat loss, pesticides, climate change, and more. Silent Earth suggests ways that we can all do our bit to help insects, whether we are gardeners, farmers, politicians, or just ordinary folk who care about the future of our planet.
