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Four years ago Arts and Humanities Research Council and Land Lines launched a crowd-sourced UK wide diary to capture people's reflections and observations on the first day of spring. You can read some of them here webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20191031…

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Swifts Here for a few brief months Arrival dates Inked in our collective consciousness Ducking and diving A soundtrack to summer And yet They’re under threat And need us to create More homes Before it’s too late And they become A distant memory #swiftawarenessweek

Today we launch 'Extinction in the Small Isles', a new series of photo essays by colleagues on the Extinction Studies Doctoral Training Programme. Featuring the first essay, Earthworks, by Alfie Howard. landlinesproject.wordpress.com/extinction-in-…

'As amateur photographers, we so often strive to recreate evocative landscapes, beautiful but barren vistas, suggesting a vast space where our minds and souls can soar.' writes MT Talensby in our next release, 'The Authenticity of Absence'. landlinesproject.wordpress.com/the-authentici…

We're thrilled that our 'Modern British Nature Writing, 1789-2020: Land Lines' book has been shortlisted for the asleuki Best Academic Monograph prize alongside the brilliant Terry Gifford, @daneltro1 Dominic O'Key, Marco Caracciolo and Cajetan Iheka

Good to hear that this has been shortlisted for the asleuki book prize. I learnt so much from co-writing it with Will Abberley, Christina Alt, Graham Huggan, and Pippa Marland. Surely time for a paperback edition? Cambridge UP - Literature & Performance Cambridge University Press - Academic cambridge.org/core/books/mod…

'The sea is an ecosystem; it is the entanglement and interaction of countless organisms, some too small to see, some as dramatic as the dolphins who sported in the waves as they investigated the Mary Doune.' writes Jonathan Roberts in today's photo essay. landlinesproject.wordpress.com/the-entangling…

'When I look up to the sky and catch sight of a bird, something lights up inside me: awe, joy, a separation from our stressful existence.' Sicily Fiennes examines Awe and Extinction in the latest photo essay release. landlinesproject.wordpress.com/awe-and-extinc…

'If it wasn’t for having multiple hours specifically assigned to curiosity, I never would have noticed. Slowing down, zooming in, framing the world through a camera lens and patiently observing.' Read the next essay, Small Isles Reflections by Lydia Woods. landlinesproject.wordpress.com/small-isles-re…

'What if everything speaks to you? What if the mountains sing and the lichens chime and the moon calls you onwards and gives you butterflies? Which stories do I choose to tell?' Serena Turton-Hughes examines the Small Isles through the lens as a tool. landlinesproject.wordpress.com/photography-as…

So pleased to hear this. I enjoyed it so much that I wrote about it for Church Times JRI and @thepilgrimworld

Hedgerows should be protected and expanded not put at risk by new post brexit farm 'regulatory' regime.. More madness. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/2…

'glaring green seaweed juxtaposed with rock formations covered in patches of yellow and orange lichen and asymmetrical patterns, giving an otherworldly appearance. And there was so much to see within this landscape' The final essay is by Jenny Kennedy landlinesproject.wordpress.com/microcosms-by-…

Swift bricks to be debated in the Lords. Come on Lords, get this simple, positive, cross-party amendment into law! Hannah Bourne-Taylor theguardian.com/environment/20…

Land Lines own Pippa Marland will be running tree-themed nature writing workshops at the Wellbeing Weekend 23rd-24th September, at Anglers Country Park, Wakefield. All events are free and offer different ways of immersing yourself in nature! wellbeingweekend.wordpress.com

There really should be more publicity about what an Asian hornet looks like (smaller, darker than our large gingery native hornet) – it is really worth tracking and minimising its numbers/spread (but govt doesn't seem to think so) theguardian.com/environment/20…

Land Lines' very own Pippa Marland is leading the Tall Stories - Creative Nature Writing and Trees workshop this Sunday in Wakefield and there are still a few places left! For more information and to book a FREE place, please visit: wellbeingweekend.wordpress.com/tall-stories-n…

'Screening the Social' is a free, online film festival showcasing cutting-edge ways of using the moving image in social research and we are excited that our film 'Newland: New Vision for a Wilder Future' is being screened! Find out more here: screeningthesocial.co.uk NCRM