Derek Turner

England in infra-red: the beauty of the country at night

Moving stealthily through starlit fields and woods, John Lewis-Stempel marvels at nature’s many dark mysteries

‘A cornfield by moonlight with the evening star’, by Samuel Palmer. [Alamy]  
issue 26 November 2022
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  • Nightwalking: Four Journeys into Britain After Dark

    John Lewis-Stempel

    Doubleday, pp. 104, £9

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