And while it seems an odd mishmash of topics occasionally – going from beavers to reincarnation – it works. I read it as part of a group and a few people were put off by Ben’s privilege as he obviously spends a lot of money on his garden and takes a long time off work.

They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. The cavity-nesting bees would certainly be happier if we didn't cut down dead stalks where they could lay their eggs, and the birds would approve if we didn't scoop up the leaves and all the tasty seeds and insects hiding there. He was home within the hour, greeted by police, paramedics, an ambulance, inside which lay his daughter in a body bag.In the year that follows Iris’s death, he becomes even more passionate about reversing the decline of species and habitats. According to The Narwhal, the risks are overblown – and Parks Canada has hired Indigenous employees to educate visitors on the reality of bear encounters. She was speaking at the Hay Festival, the renowned annual literary event held in the village of Hay-on-Wye. Stephen Fry An event of unimaginable trauma is transformed into a message of beauty and optimism through Ben’s passion for nature, which acts as his nurse, teacher and redeemer. The Guardian, Saturday magazine * In this very moving memoir, the leading rewilder and green investor bares his soul to let us into the darkest moments of his most private grief … His themes of loss, love and recovery are universal, the story beautifully told.

I am terrified but also eager to read to further inspire me to make a difference we owe to our planet and nature. I confess I didn’t realise how much the countryside had changed due to human activity and it was sad to realise how little things that we’ve done, like cutting back hedges, has affected the wildlife. Sir Michael Caine knows a thing or two about gangs: whether that’s joining one as a kid, or playing them in movies for over 50 years. Bryony Gordon * The Telegraph * A compelling journey from the very heart of loss to the sanctuary and hope that only the natural world provides – emotive, raw and captivating. And, as the son of the late billionaire Jimmy Goldsmith, a financier himself, he has the wherewithal to do something significant.When Billy can’t find the informant, he wonders if Kate is secretly harboring her, since the two grew close during Kate's weeks undercover.

Whether it is treating our environment more kindly or rewilding your own garden to allow nature to flourish, there is something we can all take from the book. I think many grouse and pheasant shooters would argue the same, whatever some of us might make of their apparent contradictions. Of all the books I have read this one means so much and I would recommend it to all those who love nature. She would be in conversation with Ben Goldsmith, author of the wonderful God is an Octopus (check out my review below). Michael Pollan, known for his best-selling nonfiction audio, including The Omnivores Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, conceived and wrote Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World as an Audible Original.

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