007, secret agent and naturalist

John Miles rounds up some recent releases…

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

The Caribbean plays host to a brilliant spectrum of colourful avians, says John Lewis-Stempel, as he revels in a birdwatcher’s paradise

Actor, presenter and now author Larry Lamb reveals why the written word – particularly verse – has always meant so much to him

For many people, Gilbert White needs little introduction. An 18th-century naturalist and clergyman, he lived in the village of Selborne in Hampshire, and kept a meticulous nature diary, which he event

On being told that they had been bitten by a venomous snake, most eight-year-olds would panic. Not Nicholas Jubber; he was not terrified but disappointed by a diagnosis that contradicted his own. Nich