“The idea of hope, of answers, of salvation just beyond the horizon.”Richard Wagamese, One Native Life (2008) It’s 5:00 am on a Thursday morning and I have just pulled myself away from The Vorrh by Brian Catling. It is the most amazing book and I can’t put the...
Inner Space, is an instinctive and visceral response to the effect of landscape on our psychological and emotional well-being. Stemming from the desire to understand myself in relation to the wooded landscape I am inexplicably drawn to, the work traces a...
I return frequently to the same small stretch of the River Dove, a two mile walk from my home in the Peak District National Park, shunning the hills and views that draw others and spending my time haunting unremarkable corners. For the past eight years,...
Think of the ideal image of our natural world. Now picture trails and natural wonders littered with trash, surrounded by cars and traffic, millions of footprints pounding their way to snap a photo for their feed. Imagine thousands of initials carved into the...
In 2017, I had a heart attack. My doctor told me that it was a significant heart attack and I spent days recovering in the hospital’s cardiac unit. But I didn’t really grasp the seriousness of the event at the time. After a few weeks it dawned on me that it...
