Nature's Calendar : The British Year in 72 Seasons - Rowan Jaines Publication Date:12/09/2024 'FINANCIAL TIMES'Groff conjures a whole

'FINANCIAL TIMES'Groff conjures a whole world in each brilliant story

`Pat the Cat' was a detective who was awarded a British Empire Medal for gallantry after surviving a fusillade of shots from an escaped convict and was awarded a Bar to the medal

and could not have come at a better moment

Packed full of character designs

Robert Macfarlane takes us up into the mountains: to experience their shattering beauty

Nature's Calendar : The British Year in 72 Seasons - Rowan Jaines Publication Date:12/09/2024 'FINANCIAL TIMES'Groff conjures a wholeInspired by a traditional Japanese calendar which divides the year into segments of four to five days, this book guides you through a year of 72 seasons as they manifest in the British Isles. From 'Snowdrops emerge' in the first days of January to 'Tree skeletons and sky' at the close of the year, each fleeting season is epitomized by some natural phenomenon, be it a plant coming into bud, a burst of birdsong, or a cobweb spangled by dew. Drawing on