Description In this beautifully written nature narrative, Tiffany Francis explores nocturnal landscapes and investigates how our experiences of the night-time world have permeated our history, folklore, science, geography, art, and literature. com. tiffanyimogen.
Her first book Food You Can Forage was published in March 2018.
She writes and illustrates for national publications and has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4.
With a mixed background in the arts, rural heritage and conservation, her work is fuelled by a love for the natural world and a passion for protecting it.
How has our relationship with darkness and the Night sky changed over time? How have we used stars and other cosmic phenomena to tell stories about our lives and the land around us?About the Author Tiffany Francis is a writer, artist and environmentalist from the South Downs in Hampshire.
As she travels, Tiffany delves Into the history of the ancient rituals and seasonal festivals that for thousands of years humans have linked with the light and Dark halves of our year.
She hikes through the haunted yew forests of Kingley Vale, embarks on a nocturnal sail down the River Dart, feeds foxes on a south London estate, and listens to nightjars churring on a Sussex heathland.
She experiences 24-hour daylight while swimming in the Gulf of Finland and visits Norway to witness the Northern Lights and speak to people who live in darkness for three months each year.
Over the course of a year, Tiffany travels through different nightscapes across the UK and beyond.
Darkness has shaped the lives of humans for millennia, and in Dark Skies, author Tiffany Francis travels around Britain and Europe to learn more about nocturnal landscapes and humanity\'s connection to the Night sky.
Description In this beautifully written nature narrative, Tiffany Francis explores nocturnal landscapes and investigates how our experiences of the night-time world have permeated our history, folklore, science, geography, art, and literature
