After Dark

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At night, the normal rules of Nature do not apply. The senses become reordered and nocturnal creatures take the stage.

Combining Nightwalking and Nightlife, After Dark takes us out into the night to discover the natural world after dark, its rarely seen spectacles and curiosities.

With acclaimed nature writer John Lewis-Stempel as our guide, we spot a moonbow,
an arch of white light in the heavens; we watch hares box in a star-charmed, wave-
earthed ploughfield; we tip our hat to a badger as he snuffled down the path.

After Dark shows us our human insignificance by gazing up at the cosmic sprawl of the Milky Way.

About John Lewis-Stempel

John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood, and most recently he published England: A Natural History. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.

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