TURNING THE BOAT FOR HOME (HB)

For five decades Richard Mabey has been a pioneering voice in modern nature writing, consistently exploring new ways of thinking about nature and its relation to our lives. Here he introduces pieces from his rich writing life that reflect on how his ideas evolved. His epiphany is that a sense of ‘neighbourliness’ may be the best model for our relationship with the living world, and that 'the answer to the still present threat of a silent spring is for us to sing against the storm.'