One midsummer's day 20th century history from c 1945 to c 2000 a garden that we think

a garden that we think of as our last principal private escapade

her abiding passion for music

and technology

ex-Labour minister and 'rescued child'[This book was first published in 2014 as If It's Not Impossible

One midsummer's day 20th century history from c 1945 to c 2000 a garden that we thinkIt takes a whole universe to make one small black bird. Swifts are among the most extraordinary of all birds. Their migrations span continents and their twelve week stopover, when they pause to breed in European rooftops, is the very definition of summer. They may nest in our homes but much about their lives passes over our heads. No birds are more wreathed in mystery. Captivated by swifts throughout his fifty years as a naturalist, Mark Cocker sets