ClaxtonIn a single twelve month cycle of daily writings Mark Cocker explores his relationship to the East Anglian landscape, to nature and to all the living things around him. The separate entries are characterised by close observation, depth of experience, and a profound awareness of seasonal change, both within in each distinct year and, more alarmingly, over the longer period, as a result of the changing climate. The writing is concise, magical,

Take credit for an idea

when it is dark

and banish the yo-yo diets

How can she protect her two younger sons from the same fate

she is a stranger to her despairing husband and bewildered son

In the heart of Mayfair

their resonance and histories

Where do wealth and inequality come from

people turned to A

experience more joy and live what he calls a greater life

the colonialists who plundered Central Africa

heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart