‘full life of homely doings’ and much more. Picked it up. Couldn’t put it down… astonishing

John Clare tries to "syllable" a nightingale's song into letter form. Is he successful?

A beautiful poem by post

We're delighted to announce the CFP and confirmed speakers for our #Asleuki2023 Biennial Conference on #Transitions in Liverpool next year. Submissions open! asle.org.uk/events/Liverpo…

Whoop! Chantal Akerman first woman to top Sight and Sound’s greatest all-time films poll theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/…

Also on the newsletter: your chance to win a copy of Stefano Mancuso's 'Tree Stories', plus, from the archive, Bethan Roberts marks World Curlew Day bit.ly/3ACRZJj

First cuckoo. Exciting until you remember what bastards they are.

I wish my book had one of these buttons

Beautiful album of place and nature and beauty

We're building a network of people interested in Gilbert White (1729-92), author of The Natural History of Selborne, starting with a conference on 3-5 June 2025. The organisers are @brycchan and @BatGirlSteph78 and you can visit the conference website at gilbertwhite.org.uk

Yes yes yes! A dream and joy to be involved.

Call for Chapters: Romantic Trees: The Literary Arboretum, 1740-1840 For any Romanticism, 19thC, and Arboreal Humanities scholars out there, please see and share the CFP below for a forthcoming collection edited by @ABDavis1816 and me! 🌲🌳

Cuckoo cuckoo! They’re back! I’m such a bad nature recorder I had to check here for last year’s date… a full 8 days earlier this year.

I live on the Isle of Skye now and wrote about it here…

On the newsletter: David Keenan on Ted Kessler's Billy Childish biog; Will Rose animates Swallows, House Martins & Swifts; Bethan Roberts on life on Skye; an extract from Kathleen Jamie's 'Cairn': where to catch Nick Hand's printing bike this month...mailchi.mp/caughtbytheriv…

Re-reading The Living Mountain and had a look at the first edn online. Was surprised to find beautiful illustrations at the start of each chapter, by an Ian Munro, which aren't transferred to modern edns. Anyone have any, or know where I can find, further info? Dr Kerri Andrews?

Not sure who’s left on here, but here’s a strange new thing I wrote about getting up on to Skye’s Cuillin ridge and motherhood…

'My daughter will locate her first memories from around this time, my emerging words mapped onto the memories she lays down. She too has found her words this year, vocabulary exploding: foxglove, robin, fresh.' Bethan Roberts marks four winters on Skye buff.ly/4gS3eAG