Emily Rhodes

Notes on the natural world: an exquisite collection from Kathleen Jamie

In short essays and poems, the Scottish makar explores our connections with nature, always mindful of the insignificance of human time compared to the deep time of stones

A cairn on Iona, Inner Hebrides. [Getty Images] 
issue 13 July 2024
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    Sort of Books, pp. 160, £9

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