A Claxton Diary : Further Field Notes from a Small Planet

A Claxton Diary : Further Field Notes from a Small PlanetAuthor: Cocker, Mark Autobiography: general Published on 16 July 2020 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 224 pages 128 x 197 x 18 190g Another beautiful, revelatory country diary from one of the best nature writers in Britain. 'If you've never read Mark Cocker, then you must. His style is sharp, selfless, and wonderfully evocative, his knowledge deep and wide ranging but lightly borne, his curiosity joyful and

'When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night

' SALLYANNE BRADY

and Rob's illustrations are full of wit and warmth' - Nadia Shireen

'A masterpiece' New York Times

Excerpts from somewhat longer poems include Percy Bysshe Shelley's 'Homeric Hymn to Mercury' and the hugely entertaining Homeric pastiche 'The Battle of the Frogs and Mice'

panoramic work

instructive and inspiring at the same time

spine-tingling and persuasive work of history’ Daily Telegraph‘As she romps through the centuries

Beatrix Potter bought a farm - Hill Top - in the English Lake District

starting your own collection

the very best in the business' RICHARD OSMAN'An unmitigated joy from the very first page to last' DAILY MAIL'Funny

they fight to survive through unimaginable cruelty and hardship