Dave Bangs
Socialist Resistance did not print a byline field. The names here were read out of the articles themselves, from the paper's own house styles — “… writes Andy Stowe”, “Dave Kellaway explains…”, a name standing alone at the top. That works for about a third of the archive and it can misread: a name may belong to someone quoted rather than the author. Treat these as a finding aid, not as an attribution — the article itself is the authority. A few, where the author has told us directly, are recorded rather than inferred.
23 July 2014 ·
The worlds of ‘Tarka the Otter’ and Henry Williamson, its author
by Dave Bangs I have just finished reading Henry Williamson’s book ‘Salar the Salmon’ (1935), soon after re-reading his more famous ‘Tarka the Otter’i (1927). Though I had enjoyed ‘Tarka’ on…
19 January 2014 ·
Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding
George Monbiot is a superb nature writer Dave Bangs reviews George Monbiot’s latest book. “Feral”, is both a passionate polemical demand for a rethinking of nature conservation strategy and …