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Most of my books are in good condition because I am careful. I don’t write in them (anymore). I don’t break the spine (at least, not on purpose). I don’t

Gorey’s ‘sinister whimsy’ has influenced other oddball creatives including Lemony Snicket and Tim Burton

We have clearly succeeded in overcoming our former ‘barbarity’, in at least some aspects of how we traditionally treat animals in this country. So why, oh why, do we always find the same sort of cultural evolution so utterly impossible… when it comes to our treatment of birds?

Four very runcible speakers and some readings by Dominic West

A nonce word is a word that a writer (or speaker) invents to fill a very specific and pressing need. They are, in a sense, throw-away words, words that...

Songs about the natural world will be heard when a community choir performs at a Weymouth church.

Bookmark: Well worn and falling apart, some books are too precious to replace.

ALTHOUGH Darwin is now mostly remembered for his great book On the Origin of Species, as well as his voyage on the Beagle and visits to the…

There is a reason why the rose is the flower most celebrated by poets from Homer to Edward Lear

Rebranded The Owl And The Kitty-Cat, the poem forms the basis of a childrens tale called Peters Story, produced by the charity Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES).