We are living in the anthropocene – an epoch where everything is being determined by the activities of just one soft-skinned, warm-blooded, short-lived, pedestrian species. How do we make our way through the ruins that we have made? This anthology tries to answer this as it explores new and enduring cultural landscapes, in a celebration of local distinctiveness that includes new work from some of our finest writers. We have memories of childhood homes from Adam Thorpe, Marina Warner and Sean O’Brien; we journey with John Burnside to the Arizona desert, with Hugh Brody to the Canadian Arctic; going from Tessa Hadley’s hymn to her London garden to caving in the Mendips with Sean Borodale to shell-collecting on a Suffolk beach with Julia Blackburn.

Helen Macdonald, in her remarkable piece on growing up in a 50-acre walled estate, reflects on our failed stewardship of … More

Preorder the new release of ‘A Hidden Landscape Once a Week : The Unruly Curiosity of the British Music Press from the ’60s to the ’80s… by those who made it happen’ by Mark Sinker.

An anthology of conversations and essays, memories and commentary from the heyday of British pop music writing. In its heyday, … More

If Utopia has a hero then it must be William Morris. No matter how diverse the essays in this book … More

Fourteen women have contributed to this anthology. We share our experiences of love and life … and the landmarks that … More