Richard Mabey, 73, is in vigorous form and loving life in Norfolk Credit: Photo: Martin Pope I have come to see Mabey, who lives outside Diss and not far from Burston, on the eve of the publication of ...

A pioneer of British nature writing, Richard Mabey has always been years ahead of his time. So how does he think the pandemic will change our relationship to the natural world? After a year of ...

Caroline Sanderson worked as a Waterstones bookseller, and as a book publicist before becoming a freelance writer in 1997. The Bookseller’s “Plants are not thought to be sexy. But there’s no reason ...

After reading “Weeds,” Richard Mabey’s loving tribute to the common weed, you may still pull out the herbicide, but you will feel a little more respect for the plants you’re zapping. Mabey, one of ...

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