Gifts for book lovers
Celebrate imperfect veg and a love of trees with these colourful Scottish-made bookmarks – the perfect stocking filler; £10 each. arkcolourdesign.com
TWO FOR JOY
BY ADAM HENSON, SPHERE, £20 (HB)
Countryfile presenter and Cotswolds farmer Adam Henson offers delightful and meaningful ways to reconnect with the British countryside in this journey through the seasons. Learn which birds to listen for in spring, find out what’s happening on the farm each month of the year, read the stories behind countryside superstitions, identify animal footprints and try a spot of stargazing, too. Margaret Bartlett
WILD: TALES FROM EARLY MEDIEVAL BRITAIN
BY AMY JEFFS, RIVER RUN, £20 (HB)
Inspired by the words and images that survive from early medieval Britain, artist and medievalist Amy Jeffs has produced an extraordinarily multidimensional book. She moves from creative retellings of
