The magic of wild words
Once you have had a book published and it goes out into the big wide world, you have no control of what will happen to it, how it will be received, what it might become. Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris couldn’t have known how phenomenally successful The Lost Words would be and the extent to which it would inspire people around the world.
“Yes, it makes me so happy,” says Robert, “but it’s so much bigger than us now and, in a way, it’s nothing to do with us. And I think what it speaks profoundly to is this moment of loss and love and grief and hope that we live through with regard to nature.”
One of the most recent testaments to its enduring power – inspired by the creatures, art and poetry of both and follow-up book – is the release of a second album by. The musicians were delighted to be given the opportunity to get back together in the studio.
