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The Magnetic North: Travels in the Arctic by Sara Wheeler

Book Review – March 2022 Herds of reindeer move across ice and snow. Slim-shouldered Lapps squatting on skidoos nose their animals towards an arc of stockades. A man in a corral holds a pair of velvet antlers while another jabs … Continue reading

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The White Birch: A Russian Reflection by Tom Jeffreys

Book Review – November 2021 It has been hand-planted by Tsarinas and felled by foresters. It has been celebrated by peasants, worshipped by pagans and painted by artists. It has self-seeded across mountains and rivers and train tracks and steppe … Continue reading

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