INVASIVE ALIENS

Brits think of themselves as having successfully repelled invaders for nearly a thousand years. But even a cursory examination of the natural world reveals that while human interlopers may have been kept at bay, Britain has been successfully invaded, conquered and settled by an endless series of animals, plants, fungi and other alien lifeforms. Indeed, it's often hard to work out what is native, and what is foreign. From early settlement through to globalisation, this is a unique perspective on Britain's natural history. A Sunday Times book of the year.