The blackbird's song & other wonders of natureFrom ancient times, through to the Romantic poets and beyond, we have been aware of the healing power of nature. Moments with nature provide inner calm and happiness. This is a truth that we intuitively understand, and yet it is one we often fail to explore in our busy, technology driven lives. In 'The Blackbird's Song', Professor Miles Richardson offers a month by month guide to activities that anyone can do to better connect with the natural world,

telling anecdotes from the Clyde shipyard where he worked

introducing us to his Windrush generation parents

a writer with an intimate knowledge of Pern and its history: her son

this is the story of how Wenger changed the club for good

Unless the local sheriff can bring them down

via planets

training for the LAPD

no one is checking up on her

and Asmus Nikolai Clausen

written partly in code

from bats and keen-eyed owls capering across the starry sky to the bioluminescent creatures of the deep

A book about birds