In Is a River Alive? the nature writer makes a heartfelt case for treating rivers as living, rights-bearing beings. How do you conceptualize humanity’s relationship with rivers? Everyone lives ...

Robert grew up in a family of amateur mountaineers and spent holidays exploring the Cairngorms, nurturing a fascination which inspired Mountains of the Mind, his debut book about the history of ...

Dan talks chutzpa, burning zeppelins, and explains why Geoff Dyer bought him lentils ... In a specially commissioned piece to celebrate the book's release, accompanied by Donwood's artwork, Dan ...

In each location, Macfarlane encounters remarkable river creatures and heroic human river defenders. And, between his intrepid global dispatches from these diverse places, the narrative loops back ...