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I am the author of 'Ladders To Heaven: How fig trees shaped our history, fed our imaginations and can enrich our future' (Unbound, 2016). My book was published in the US and Canada as 'Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees' (Chelsea Green, 2016).
Read a summary and advance praise from: Annie Proulx, Deborah Blum, Michael Pollan, Sy Montgomery, Simran Sethi, David George Haskell and others.

RT @ByDonkeys: They campaigned saying no deal would never happen. Now @BorisJohnson says it’s what we voted for. He’s a liar. Put it to the… 1 day ago
My family + I did this yesterday on #Folkestone Downs, and saw 12 butterfly species + 2 kinds of day-flying moths.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
@casparhenderson Thanks Caspar! 2 days ago
RT @HeidiStevens13: I spent today with a man whose mom saved the July 21, 1969 Chicago Daily News for the moon landing coverage. (Column co… 3 days ago
This is a great thread on how journalists talk about — or more often fail to talk about — racism. twitter.com/loisbeckett/st… 3 days ago

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