Robert Macfarlane

For the New Zealand politician see Robert Macfarlane (New Zealand) Robert Macfarlane, (born Halam , Nottinghamshire 15 August 1976), is a British travel writer and literary critic. Educated at Nottingham High School, Pembroke College,...

In this article: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, Granta, London, George Eliot, John Muir, North America, Mugby Junction, and Somerset Maugham Award

...John Beatty, Julian Bell, Roger Deakin, Greg Delanty, Seamus Heaney, Mick Imlah, Nicolas Jacobs, Andrew Kahn, Michael Longley, Robert Macfarlane, Derek Mahon, Osip Mandelshtam, Andrew McNeillie, Gail McNeillie, David Nash, Bernard O'Donoghue,...

In this article: Oxford University, Christ Church College, and Bernard O'Donoghue

By Dominic Bates, Robert Macfarlane, Natalie Whittle and Charlie Connelly Published: June 20 2009 01:27 | Last updated: June 20 2009 01:27 Wild flower meadows, dazzling turquoise waters, thick pine woods. A good walk can be a simple...

In this article: Ireland, Richard Hannay, Loch Tay, River Barrow, Britain, and Charlie Connelly

"I've never known a book that has had such an effect in terms of changing the behaviour of people," says Deakin's friend, the writer Robert Macfarlane. "Thousands of people have thrown themselves into water as a result of reading it."

In this article: Scotland, Roger Deakin, Tennessee Williams, WH Murray, Britain, Arbroath, and Anxiety

...other main sections from here Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro The Sunday Times review by Robert Macfarlane Writing was Kazuo Ishiguro's second-choice career: he really wanted to become a rock star. As a...

In this article: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled, Never Let Me Go, The Sunday Times, The Remains of the Day, Philip Glass, and Leonard Cohen

...misuse of mathematical statistics and the origins of the human race. Acclaimed non-fiction writers such as Naomi Klein and Robert Macfarlane stand shoulder to shoulder with novelists such as Scotland's John Burnside, longlisted for his...

In this article: Man Asian Literary Prize, Booker Prize, Arthritis, Pineapple, University of Warwick, John Burnside, Vineland, and To the Lighthouse

Tory Island, Ireland: A brush with magic Robert Macfarlane joins the artist Norman Ackroyd for an unforgettable visit to Tory Island. Last Updated: 9:38AM BST 29 Sep 2008 The author, Robert Macfarlane, swims with a dolphin and a...

In this article: Norman Ackroyd, Tory Island, Derek Hill, Seasickness, Ireland, Ireland, and Amplitude

" But that was nothing compared with the way the author was savaged in the New York Times by British author and traveler Robert Macfarlane. The idea of the new book was to retrace the route of the old book that made Theroux famous...

In this article: Paul Theroux, The Great Railway Bazaar, Los Angeles Times, Houghton Mifflin, The Old Patagonian Express, and Spider-Man 2

The Wild Places By Robert Macfarlane. 340 pages. $15, Penguin Books; GBP8.99, Granta. Robert Macfarlane is looking for his wild in England, Ireland and Wales, territory that for most of us evokes words like "manicured," "turf" or, at the...

In this article: W.H. Auden, Roger Deakin, The Wild Places, International Herald Tribune, British Isles, Ireland, Cartography, Potato, and Minke Whale

John Beatty; from The Wild Places Published: July 6, 2008 Robert Macfarlane is looking for his wild in England, Ireland and Wales, territory that for most of us evokes words like "manicured," "turf" or, at the very least, "domesticated.

In this article: Roger Deakin, The Wild Places, British Isles, Ireland, Cartography, Potato, Minke Whale, and Imperialism