James Rebanks is something of an unofficial spokesperson for the state of food, farming and the environment. His bestselling books The Shepherd’s Life and English Pastoral explore these themes from his home in the Lake District, where he farms regeneratively with his family.
His latest book, The Place of Tides, might at first seem something of a departure. In it, he recounts the spring he spent on a remote island off the coast of Norway working under the mentorship of Anna Måsøy, an older woman who nurtured a dwindling eider duck population by building and ...
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