The Duckworth Newsletter

For Curious Minds

High steak situation: the cow that got stuck in a tree

Jonathan Hollins has experienced some odd animal encounters as overseas vet on the South Atlantic Islands of St Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Ascension.

None top the time when he faced a cow that got stuck in a tree...

Graze now

Great Minds on Small Things

The patter of philosophers usually leans towards epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, logic and trifles like the meaning of life.

But, just occasionally, the great minds stray from their usual turf and write about the importance of farting, cheese and dancing…

Tickle your brain

Authors in the News

What can history teach us about how great minds deal with small things? Matthew Qvortrup reveals all to BBC Scotland

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Skip straight to 1:09:13 for Matt's interview

Ian Moore talks to CrimeTime about his latest novel, The Man Who Didn't Burn.

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The Possibility of Life author Jaime Green discusses what the discovery of alien life means for our place in the cosmos, in an article for Aeon.

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Author Events

Join us at Stanfords on 8 November for the launch of Vet at the End of the Earth.Jonathan Hollins will be discussing his amazing memoir and signing copies, so come along for tales of island vetting and a glass of wine.

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Can't make the 8th? Don't worry, Jonathan will be in conversation with wildlife photographer James Fair at the Teddington Library on 9 November.

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Happy Halloween!

Thrills, spills and books to put a shiver down your spine.

Read the original cult novel that propelled the zombie genre into the mainstream!

A haunted, twisted tale of power, paranoia and one ultimate, inescapable truth…

A dazzlingly witchy tale of troubled legacies, desire and unsung power...

Out this month

The thrilling new crime series from The Times-bestselling author of Death and Croissants

A vet's life with a difference: All Creatures Great and Small in the remote and distinctive South Atlantic islands

How to Be Perfect meets The Daily Stoic in this witty, entertaining, highly giftable compendium of quotidian wisdom

It's never too early to be thinking about Christmas 🎄

It won't be long before those sleigh bells are jing-jing-jingling and what better way to spend one of those long winter nights than with authors and bloggers at the Christmas Book Party!

We're giving away two tickets to the event taking place on Saturday 25th November, at The Old Library in Birmingham.

For your chance of winning, reply to this email with the correct answer to the question below:

Playing a pioneering role in the industrial revolution, Birmingham has been historically labelled as what?

A) The Big Smoke

B) The City of a Thousand Trades

C) The Steel City