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LEAVES FROM A NATURE NOTEBOOK: A WINTER DAWN ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF FRANCE (FOURAS-LES-BAINS)
'I suppose a Darwinist would assert that the gull was merely waiting for the light to intensify to enable its own fishing...'
Jan 7
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FRENCH PEASANT COOKERY: BOUDIN NOIR AUX POMMES
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LEAVES FROM A NATURE NOTEBOOK: DAWN ON A FARM, TWO SCENES FROM SUMMER
Work in Progress: Below is an exclusive extract from my forthcoming book ‘Dawn’, to be published by Doubleday in 2026.
Dec 15, 2025
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or, Partridge with Cabbage
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LEAVES FROM A NATURE NOTEBOOK: SOME WINTER DAWNS
Extracts from my book 'Dawn', to be published by Doubleday/Penguin Random House in 2027
Nov 28, 2025
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Walnuts keep falling on my head, they keep falling...
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