Nature’s Great Masterpiece

BY JAMIE FOSTER Barclay Price’s Nature’s Great Masterpiece, published by Amberley Books, is a delightfully esoteric and meticulously researched gem that unearths a truly surprising strand of British social history. As the subtitle clarifies, this is not a pastoral ramble through the countryside, but a captivating chronicle of the pachyderms that have walked, trumpeted, and occasionally rampaged through our island story. Price takes the reader on … Continue reading Nature’s Great Masterpiece

Great Scott

BY JAMIE FOSTER A new biography of Sir Peter Scott by Chris Moore has been published in partnership with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT). Called Peter Scott and the Birth of Modern Conservation, Moore’s book charts the remarkable life of one of Britain’s greatest conservationists. Scott was born in London at 174, Buckingham Palace Road, the only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott … Continue reading Great Scott