Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War in fact anyone exploring the

in fact anyone exploring the coastline whether along the shore

towpaths and city pavements

can have in our lives

and Nicola's lyrical words capture the simple loveliness that is everywhere

there's a penguin

Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War in fact anyone exploring theWinner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War 'If it weren't for the birds, what a hell it would be' During the Great War, soldiers lived inside the ground, closer to nature than many humans had lived for centuries. Animals provided comfort and interest to fill the blank hours in the trenches bird watching, for instance, was probably the single most popular