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Help for hogs
This week’s blog is by Bloomsbury staffer Adrian Downie – there’s something shuffling in the undergrowth … c Last weekend we noticed several young Hedgehogs in my parent’s garden. The prickly little...
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No pane, no gain
This week’s blog is by the newest member of Team Helm, Jasmine, with a ghostly tale of things that go bump in the night … d c … They certainly did go bump, or rather with a high-speed splat, for this...
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Beguiled by lice
And so at last, the great day has arrived – the publication of the epic Little Book of Nits, by Richard Jones and Justine Crow. Its already been reviewed by the Evening Standard, with further...
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The Great Piddle Riddle
A few weeks back, I was lucky enough to get to spend the day with world-renowned cartoonist, caricaturist and friend of the extinct bird, Ralph Steadman. His spectacular, hilarious and often emotive...
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The Garden List
This week, Nigel tells a tale of birding derring-do from the darkest corner of remote East Sussex … f Most birders keep a garden list. It may be written down or it may be in their heads, but those who...
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Signing shenanigans
Yesterday, we had some distinguished visitors to Bloomsbury Towers, in the form of Ralph Steadman and Ceri Levy. They came in to sign copies of their new book, Extinct Boids, but despite my best...
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Boids on the Beeb
An exciting day today. I was lucky enough to have the chance to head to Broadcasting House – to the BBC! Where Ralph and Ceri were bring interviewed for Radio 4′s flagship art and literature show,...
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Of boids and buttercream
And lo, it came to pass that Extinct Boids was published, free to run and squawk in a good bookshop near you. The book launch took place on Thursday at Rough Trade East – a proper record shop, like...
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Get Picking this Autumn
Autumn is upon is – and although it means saying goodbye to those balmy summer nights, it does mean we can turn our minds to something else: mushrooms. Time to get off the hammock, and in to the woods...
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The Bloomsbury Wildlife team share their favourite nature books
For hundreds of years, writers have been capturing the wonder of the natural world in poetry and prose, and exploring our changing relationship with nature. Throughout November, the Arts &...
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