The summer eruption - very small eruption - of wisteria seems to smell even sweeter than the busy burst of spring

majestic!

#TwoTierPolicing #TwoTierBritain - yes - it is true - but before you leap to any conclusions, have a read of this from George Monbiot - theguardian.com/commentisfree/… - remember the fuel protests of 2000? and the chaos they brought? compared to Just Stop Oil and others?

Want to learn the basics of filming from one of the best in the business? Zoe Broughton runs an acclaimed 3 day event with Film Oxford - next one in September. Sign up!! filmoxford.org/course/3-day-v…

Gone back to work today?? Missing friendly faces?? Know that there is support in unlikely spaces!

a real sense of being in good company ... visiting George Marshall and finding this pile - Roman Krznaric and Caspar Henderson ... only missing Kate Raworth to have an orchard full house!

Been making jam?? Fruit was so good this year ... let me know your plum and gage recipes so next year can be even better! Thinking of you George Monbiot !!

Giggling in the bath to this!!

Pip and me have run away for a couple of nights to a shepherd hut. In Dorset. We walked up Hell Lane to start with (amazing ferns). Then swam in pool - and after food in pub watched Serenity under the stars with a lovely fire keeping us warm!! airbnb.com/slink/yXqNeAlO

I’d forgotten how good the quiet and dark can be - sat around a small fire with my 18yr old son on a short break to a shepherd hut in Dorset. airbnb.co.uk/rooms/34988505…

Rather exciting to have another book coming soon!!! Five Nights Out is a short exploration of nocturnal nature and the joys that come from studying it. Yes. There is a #hedgehog!!

Watch this! Wisdom from Roman Krznaric via Zoe Broughton - Greta Thunberg - this has to be part of the way forward??

Really love this poem from Gordon MacLellan - The Gaelic Chapel, Cromarty - published by Forget Me Not Press. forgetmenotpress.net/divine/the-gae… Kathleen Jamie Mark Cocker Philip Pullman Dr Miriam Darlington🦉 Robert Macfarlane

Rosie has written a really sensible response ... and it reminds me of the path I ended up taking in my latest book - Cull of the Wild - trying to avoid the acceleration of polarisation that many platforms and media would rather us perform ... amazon.co.uk/Cull-Wild-Kill…

A catch-update ... so much has been going on ... but here, news of cycling for #hedgehogs, walking for #whales, a brilliant job opportunity, a fundraising ball ... and my tooth! change.org/p/help-save-br…

this #hedgehog #elephant combo is quite wonderful - thank you Paintraincomics! Hedgehog Society Born Free Foundation

really chuffed to have one of my photos chosen for the Protect the Wild wild calendar! No #hedgehogs - so which was my picture?? Buy your own here - protectthewild.shop/products/2025-…

Who is coming to SeptemberSong? This weekend the gang who pull together the gorgeous Wood festival are having their end of summer gathering in Oxfordshire - it will be gorgeous. And ... I will be talking on Saturday at 11.55 - so come and say hi! woodhq.org/septembersong

A reminder, in case you needed it, of the importance of the #hedgehog! This cover was to go with an article I had written after my first book, A Prickly Affair, was published! Pop into your library - or local bookshop ... or ... amazon.co.uk/Prickly-Affair…

Thrilled to announce a new book on the way … nature writing for just £1!!! Read all about it!! change.org/p/help-save-br…