Taking stockSince highland cattle ransacked his grandmother's vegetable patch when he was six, Roger Morgan Grenville has been fascinated by cows. So at the age of 61, with no farming experience, he signed on as a part time labourer on a beef cattle farm to tell their side of the story. The result is this lyrical and evocative book.

the people who worked and lived there are remembered

and kitchen-shy adults

his boss is arrested for fraud and the police start questioning her

'Witty and delightful

concerned with kings and statesmen

passionate nature writing - a celebration of Britain's woods and forests and a rousing call to fight for them

and is it ever appropriate to run in a mankini

Major-General Stan McChrystal devised a campaign fusing special forces

Ready to escape the crowds

but he still has plenty to learn

Thousands of lives

crammed into a drawer