Michael O'Mara

But evolution is not a process of increasing complexity, nor any other measure of superiority you can find.

Don’t make the same mistake twice. Make it six or seven times just to be sure.

curse.
‘All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way’

Watership Down (1972)

The Second World War brought devastation and horrific suffering for millions of people. But like all wars, it acted as a catalyst for rapid technological advancement

none of us is an island and we all live out our lives surrounded by other humans.

Our genus Homo contains just one species at the moment, and that’s us

And the reason we are having the time of our lives is precisely because we don’t care anymore. Or at least, we are very selective about what we choose to give a rat’s ass about

People and Society, but this is naturally because novels are inhabited by characters with human personalities

Garden pests and diseases can be a minefield. Attitudes to their control have transformed over the past few decades and while this isn’t by any means a book on organic gardening, such practices are now mainstream and no longer dismissed as the province of beardy types who look as though they don’t wash very often.

This book takes you through the gardening year