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Review of ‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ by Rebecca Solnit

When Solnit speaks, the world should listen. Her writing, spanning the years, has echoed with a deep personal voice, rooted in place, as well as optimistic activism. She charts and traces the changes that have transformed society and the world in the past, and reminds us that the power to change the world is within…
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Review of ‘Frostlines’ by Neil Shea

Shea becomes the go-between to introduce us to a new world- or rather, an old world. A world full of culture, history, movement and memories, which is on the verge of being lost. Shea wishes to ‘bear witness’ to life in the Arctic and to allow all us ‘southerners’ to experience the harsh beauty of…
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Review of ‘Is A River Alive?’ by Robert Macfarlane

Rivers are an integral part of the human story. They hold cultural, spiritual, political, geographical significance, as well as holding an intrinsic value of their own. Or, as Macfarlane phrases it, ‘Our fate flows with that of rivers, and always has.’ Macfarlane frames this book through the personal experiences of journeying in and around rivers…
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