Ian Tattum
@iantattum.bsky.social
Writer and independent scholar.
Used to be a vicar.
Writing in Spelt, Black Bough Poetry, BB journal, Frost Magazine, The Clearing,The Pilgrim, Landlines for Nature ,The Church Times.
Fellow of the Linnaean Society and the Zoological Society of London,
Used to be a vicar.
Writing in Spelt, Black Bough Poetry, BB journal, Frost Magazine, The Clearing,The Pilgrim, Landlines for Nature ,The Church Times.
Fellow of the Linnaean Society and the Zoological Society of London,
Another good book from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social .
Took me back to the world of crusades and troubadours.
Very good on the way the legend of our Lionhearted absentee essentially French monarch grew over centuries.
Made me rack my brain for children’s crusader novels - can anyone help?
Took me back to the world of crusades and troubadours.
Very good on the way the legend of our Lionhearted absentee essentially French monarch grew over centuries.
Made me rack my brain for children’s crusader novels - can anyone help?
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Another good book from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social .
Took me back to the world of crusades and troubadours.
Very good on the way the legend of our Lionhearted absentee essentially French monarch grew over centuries.
Made me rack my brain for children’s crusader novels - can anyone help?
Took me back to the world of crusades and troubadours.
Very good on the way the legend of our Lionhearted absentee essentially French monarch grew over centuries.
Made me rack my brain for children’s crusader novels - can anyone help?
A Christmas bonus book of the year.
I am proud to have one short poem in this lovely book but am ever prouder to be in the company of so many excellent writers.
So please do read this poem by Paul Short, which is far from seasonal whimsy.
I am proud to have one short poem in this lovely book but am ever prouder to be in the company of so many excellent writers.
So please do read this poem by Paul Short, which is far from seasonal whimsy.
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A Christmas bonus book of the year.
I am proud to have one short poem in this lovely book but am ever prouder to be in the company of so many excellent writers.
So please do read this poem by Paul Short, which is far from seasonal whimsy.
I am proud to have one short poem in this lovely book but am ever prouder to be in the company of so many excellent writers.
So please do read this poem by Paul Short, which is far from seasonal whimsy.
Another book of the year.
My fascination with Alexander began when I was nine when an aunt bought me a book of famous battles. Mary Renault and Robin Lane Fox added depth later.
This fascinating study unraveled my picture.
A really good study of what we think we know. Gripping historiography
My fascination with Alexander began when I was nine when an aunt bought me a book of famous battles. Mary Renault and Robin Lane Fox added depth later.
This fascinating study unraveled my picture.
A really good study of what we think we know. Gripping historiography
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Another book of the year.
My fascination with Alexander began when I was nine when an aunt bought me a book of famous battles. Mary Renault and Robin Lane Fox added depth later.
This fascinating study unraveled my picture.
A really good study of what we think we know. Gripping historiography
My fascination with Alexander began when I was nine when an aunt bought me a book of famous battles. Mary Renault and Robin Lane Fox added depth later.
This fascinating study unraveled my picture.
A really good study of what we think we know. Gripping historiography
Book of the year 3.
Beautifully written combination of memoir, history, and nature, set where mountains, countries and lakes meet in Northern Greece.
With bears and pelicans too.
I had to take this opportunity to boost with the American edition on the way.
Beautifully written combination of memoir, history, and nature, set where mountains, countries and lakes meet in Northern Greece.
With bears and pelicans too.
I had to take this opportunity to boost with the American edition on the way.
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Book of the year 3.
Beautifully written combination of memoir, history, and nature, set where mountains, countries and lakes meet in Northern Greece.
With bears and pelicans too.
I had to take this opportunity to boost with the American edition on the way.
Beautifully written combination of memoir, history, and nature, set where mountains, countries and lakes meet in Northern Greece.
With bears and pelicans too.
I had to take this opportunity to boost with the American edition on the way.
Fantasy guided walk of the Durlston Park Pleasure gardens this morning
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Fantasy guided walk of the Durlston Park Pleasure gardens this morning
I went in search of the source of the Ulwell Stream this morning.
Came home and wrote a poem about it😊
Came home and wrote a poem about it😊
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I went in search of the source of the Ulwell Stream this morning.
Came home and wrote a poem about it😊
Came home and wrote a poem about it😊
Books of the Year 2.
I was fortunate to be able to attend the launch of this beautiful and moving volume.
Mainly a reflection on the effect of military service during World War 2 on her father and its cascading generational impact, this is empathetic,poignant and will speak to many
I was fortunate to be able to attend the launch of this beautiful and moving volume.
Mainly a reflection on the effect of military service during World War 2 on her father and its cascading generational impact, this is empathetic,poignant and will speak to many
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Books of the Year 2.
I was fortunate to be able to attend the launch of this beautiful and moving volume.
Mainly a reflection on the effect of military service during World War 2 on her father and its cascading generational impact, this is empathetic,poignant and will speak to many
I was fortunate to be able to attend the launch of this beautiful and moving volume.
Mainly a reflection on the effect of military service during World War 2 on her father and its cascading generational impact, this is empathetic,poignant and will speak to many
My books of the year. Part 1
This will be on a lot of lists , and quite rightly. It is not only a beautiful book to have, full of high quality illustrations of birds and plants, but is the best appreciation of White’s life, times and achievement that I have ever come across .
This will be on a lot of lists , and quite rightly. It is not only a beautiful book to have, full of high quality illustrations of birds and plants, but is the best appreciation of White’s life, times and achievement that I have ever come across .
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My books of the year. Part 1
This will be on a lot of lists , and quite rightly. It is not only a beautiful book to have, full of high quality illustrations of birds and plants, but is the best appreciation of White’s life, times and achievement that I have ever come across .
This will be on a lot of lists , and quite rightly. It is not only a beautiful book to have, full of high quality illustrations of birds and plants, but is the best appreciation of White’s life, times and achievement that I have ever come across .
Walking to Durlston.
In the time of the year that nature throws a Klimt.
In the time of the year that nature throws a Klimt.
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Walking to Durlston.
In the time of the year that nature throws a Klimt.
In the time of the year that nature throws a Klimt.
Thanks to my lovely wife I have a Jurassic coast appropriate Advent Calendar.
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Thanks to my lovely wife I have a Jurassic coast appropriate Advent Calendar.
I am enjoying this from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social .
Interweaving Auden’s life with his changing approach to poetry and his philosophical/ theological journey.
Helping to enrich my reading of his poems.
Published next year.
Interweaving Auden’s life with his changing approach to poetry and his philosophical/ theological journey.
Helping to enrich my reading of his poems.
Published next year.
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I am enjoying this from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social .
Interweaving Auden’s life with his changing approach to poetry and his philosophical/ theological journey.
Helping to enrich my reading of his poems.
Published next year.
Interweaving Auden’s life with his changing approach to poetry and his philosophical/ theological journey.
Helping to enrich my reading of his poems.
Published next year.
Swanage this afternoon
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Swanage this afternoon
I have befriended my local stream.
Barely a mile long it used to have a mill on it, and before Swanage was devastated as a bathing resort by the Victorians appears to have formed its own small estuary.
Barely a mile long it used to have a mill on it, and before Swanage was devastated as a bathing resort by the Victorians appears to have formed its own small estuary.
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I have befriended my local stream.
Barely a mile long it used to have a mill on it, and before Swanage was devastated as a bathing resort by the Victorians appears to have formed its own small estuary.
Barely a mile long it used to have a mill on it, and before Swanage was devastated as a bathing resort by the Victorians appears to have formed its own small estuary.
Great book talk in Swanage Library this morning.
Got me thinking about whether geology is a particular gift to the world which would not have been possible without the Industrial Revolution putting holes all over the place🦋
Got me thinking about whether geology is a particular gift to the world which would not have been possible without the Industrial Revolution putting holes all over the place🦋
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Great book talk in Swanage Library this morning.
Got me thinking about whether geology is a particular gift to the world which would not have been possible without the Industrial Revolution putting holes all over the place🦋
Got me thinking about whether geology is a particular gift to the world which would not have been possible without the Industrial Revolution putting holes all over the place🦋
A fly past of sea pies
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A fly past of sea pies
Magnificent Ivy Tree
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Magnificent Ivy Tree
An incredible job done.
My next two
My next two
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
An incredible job done.
My next two
My next two
For @sealibrary.bsky.social and any other sea lovers.
From Durlston this morning
From Durlston this morning
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
For @sealibrary.bsky.social and any other sea lovers.
From Durlston this morning
From Durlston this morning
A late afternoon photo.
And I dare someone to read my short review of the recent Peter Mattheissen biography .
It features snow leopard and Bigfoot 😊
And I dare someone to read my short review of the recent Peter Mattheissen biography .
It features snow leopard and Bigfoot 😊
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A late afternoon photo.
And I dare someone to read my short review of the recent Peter Mattheissen biography .
It features snow leopard and Bigfoot 😊
And I dare someone to read my short review of the recent Peter Mattheissen biography .
It features snow leopard and Bigfoot 😊