Robert Macfarlane
@robgmacfarlane
Books: Is A River Alive? (WIP) Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways, etc. | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Nature, climate, people | Prof @Cambridge_uni
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“Out of a clear sky you send broken heart emojis” A brilliant, confronting new poem by Zaffar Kunial, written into the scarred, scoured, “jagged blooded” heart of this moment.
River update; what will the long term effects be of sewage releases? For paddlers etc I’d recommend washing your hands before eating. Use the Thames Water storm discharge map especially after heavy rains. RiverActionUK
"It all comes down to the government’s appetite––or not––to back regulatory reform & fund an effective enforcement regime." Nils Pratley on Labour's inadequate response thus far to the water crisis. We need a regulator that strikes fear into boardrooms. theguardian.com/business/nils-…
“He”, the new single from Hayden Thorpe’s imminent album Ness is just out—& it’s a hell of a track. Listen here: haydenthorpe.ffm.to/he We’ll be performing on Orford Ness on 28/29 Sept: come & join us on that eerie island. Tickets: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/…
“Worldwide more than 21 of Earth’s 37 major aquifer systems are on the verge of collapse due to depletion. For their and our well-being, it is urgent we begin to imagine them differently.” Sunaura Taylor excellent on the vital, undersung work of aquifers. orionmagazine.org/article/aquife…
When the Oxford children's dictionary discarded dozens of nature-words—"dandelion," "fern," "starling"—as irrelevant to children's imagination and replaced them with words like "broadband" and "cut-and-paste," this inspired act of resistance was born: themarginalian.org/2019/06/17/the…
“A place where all the broken rules of the universe spill out…” Traversing the Kefahuchi Tract for the second time in mike harrison’s masterpiece trilogy (2002-12). The bone dice, “neither ivory nor bone”, the Shrander (*shudders*)…all of it just so, so rare & strange & good.
7 days straight of raw sewage discharge into Windermere, but United Utilities refuse to be interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today. Contempt for accountability & us. Two actions you can take: 1. Follow MattStaniek, indefatigable Windermere campaigner. 2. Join marchforcleanwater.org on 26/10
A *fabulous* resource: the Coilltean Caillte/Forgotten Woodlands project has mapped 15,000 Scottish place-names indicating presence of trees/forest in the land. Gaelic as ecological memory-trove. Map, pronunciation guide, stories etc. here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9b790d… 👏Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
Hello—this is the glowing jacket of The World To Come, a children’s book by me & Johnny Flynn that’s grown out of a song of the same name we wrote together. The book’s art is by the brilliant Emily Sutton, a genius of colour & pattern. Out 3 Oct in UK/US waterstones.com/win/the-world-…
Congratulations to William Dalrymple whose magnificent The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World is published today. The depth & range of knowledge is extraordinary; the story told is revelatory. An immense achievement by a truly brilliant historian.
The Salween in eastern Myanmar is among Asia's last major undammed major rivers. It's the lifeblood of the ethnic Karen people, who are fighting to save it from mining & dams. Ivan Ogilvie's photo-essay gives glimpses of that unseen struggle: ivanogilvie.com/the-salween-ri… h/t Jeff Wasserstrom