One midsummer's dayIt takes a whole universe to make one small black bird. Swifts are among the most extraordinary of all birds. Their migrations span continents and their twelve week stopover, when they pause to breed in European rooftops, is the very definition of summer. They may nest in our homes but much about their lives passes over our heads. No birds are more wreathed in mystery. Captivated by swifts throughout his fifty years as a naturalist, Mark Cocker sets

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As the US begins to pull out its troops in a tide of isolationism

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it articulates the essential place dreams occupy in human culture

Find out why

Many people will recognise the famous zebra crossing

When their mother

Rabbit and his mum have moved to the coast to run a small caravan park

the daughter of a deposed sultan

our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power

This unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist

All aspects of life were utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600