Adam Nicolson

The land beneath the sea

In a lyrical memoir-cum-meditation, Julia Blackburn explores the mysterious area that once connected England to the Continent

  • Time Song: Searching for Doggerland

    Julia Blackburn, with drawings by Enrique Brinkmann

    Cape, pp. 291

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