I’m just home from a fun few days in Bruges and Ghent. I’ve sent the latest draft of my children’s book about Lewis and Clark to my editor (which means that I can chill for a few weeks). And I’ve decided that the next book I was going to write actually only merits being a magazine article (which saves me a big old job). Plus, the mornings are getting lighter, at long last. These are all good things! 

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•  A succinct summary of the excellent Atomic Habits book that will save you having to read the whole book. 
•  Farmerama Radio is an award-winning podcast sharing the voices behind regenerative farming. I find it soothing, fascinating, and hopeful!
•  A really good podcast episode about extinctions (surprisingly upbeat!)
•  I’ve created a couple of notebooks designed to help guide journalling, prompt ideas, and nudge you towards action. I’m giving a bunch away, for free, with free postage to UK shipping addresses. (Sorry – UK only: blame Brexit.) First come, first served.
•  Film: King of the Fells: Joss Naylor, the shepherd with an unbeatable running record.
•  Article: “The 19th-Century Hipster Who Pioneered Modern Sportswriting.” More than a century before GoPro, Thomas Stevens was the first person to cycle round the world.
•  Instagram: Spring, summer, autumn or winter: take your pick in paradise.
•  Two good books I’ve read recently (plus loads more here):
  On Time and Water is an absorbing mixture of travel, history, science and philosophy (whilst also brutal in its assessment of our apathy towards the climate crisis).
  North Woods is a strange, beguiling novel narrative of humanity under pressure and nature under threat. It also really loves trees, which scores it a bonus point from me.

My big effort this year is my A+P newsletter. But I’m well aware you don’t all need more emails from me! So here’s just one recent post:

• 3-2-1: The impact of lunch, eating for nature, and the easiest change you can make.

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Cheers,

Alastair