Poseidon’s Realm: A Voyage around the Aegean

I have recently received the following excellent recommendation of the book by John Clark: ‘In his wonderful new book,Poseidon’s Realm, Peter Marshall once again shows himself to be the ideal guide to explorations both geographical and intellectual. This time, we...

To conquer or to cooperate with nature?

It is still common for people in the West to talk about ‘conquering nature’.It was the whole theme of my book ‘Nature’s Web’, an exploration of ecological thinking, that we should cooperate with nature not conquer it. In my examination of Western...

Summer Solstice

On the eve of the summer solstice, I lit a fire with my family in a wood by a stream. The red oak flames in the stone circle leapt to the sky as the last rays of the sun flickered in the trees. Looking for kindling, I disturbed a lying deer. At half past four in the...