{"title":"Spike Bucklow","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpike Bucklow's works blend meticulous scientific insight with a deep appreciation for the arts and cultural history. His writing often explores the intricate relationship between nature and human creativity, inviting readers to reconsider familiar subjects through a fresh lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the historical nuances in \u003cem\u003eChildren of Mercury\u003c\/em\u003e to reflective explorations such as \u003cem\u003eThe Year\u003c\/em\u003e, Bucklow's books offer a thoughtful journey across the landscapes of science and culture, appealing to readers who enjoy richly detailed and intellectually stimulating narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-year-by-spike-bucklow-9781836390787","title":"The Year","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical, poetic chronicle of nature's annual cycle, blending ancient wisdom with modern science.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a journey into how nature transforms across twelve months, each chapter focusing on a specific month's natural events, from spring's beginning through winter's end. It opens with an overview of our evolving understanding of time and nature, from ancient astronomy to the present, and concludes with a chapter on the impact of climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpike Bucklow draws on both modern ecological studies and historical naturalists such as Aristotle, Gilbert White, Thoreau, and Aldo Leopold. Poetic reflections from Ovid, Shakespeare, John Clare, and William Wordsworth enrich the narrative, offering further insights into nature's changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending modern science with traditional wisdom, \u003ci\u003eThe Year\u003c\/i\u003e provides a positive perspective on ecological, global, and personal change, appealing to those interested in ecology, astrology, and the history of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Year is a contemplative almanac charting nature and culture through the zodiac, with a powerful message for our time of grave disjuncture between the two.\u003c\/b\u003e — Ferdinand Saumarez Smith, author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEleusis and Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderful book that invites you to read its words in ebbs and flows: a historical-cultural-aesthetic-poetic almanac to carry in your pocket, its sentences in your head.\u003c\/b\u003e — Julian Yates, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of English, University of Delaware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998811869420,"sku":"9781836390787","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22978483482841.jpg?v=1763231865"},{"product_id":"children-of-mercury-by-spike-bucklow-9781789145236","title":"Children of Mercury","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren of Mercury\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold new account of the lives of pre-modern painters, viewed through the lens of The Seven Ages of Man, a widespread belief made famous in the 'All the world's a stage' speech in Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpike Bucklow follows artists' lives from infancy, through childhood, adolescence and adulthood, to maturity, old age and death. He tracks how lives unfolded for both male and female painters, from the famous, like Michelangelo, through Artemisia Gentileschi and Mary Beale to those who are now forgotten, like Jehan Gillemer. The book draws on historic biographies, artists' own writings and, uniquely, the physical evidence offered by their paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462699434220,"sku":"9781789145236","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781789145236-children-of-mercury.jpg?v=1775021394"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/spike-bucklow.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}