I'm delighted that nine years after it was first published, my book ABANDONED PLACES has been reissued.
Where necessary, I have updated the text - not every entry is still standing, while a few others are no longer abandoned.
From whaling stations in the South Atlantic to Chernobyl, from Cold War bunkers to eerily empty amusement parks, from the Aral Sea to flooded shopping malls, ABANDONED PLACES explores more than 100 worlds we have left behind.
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My book FORESTS has been re-issued in a smart portrait format.
In about 200 photographs, the book explores humankind's relationship with forests all around the world, from England's New Forest to Germany's Black Forest, from the US to Siberia, China to Cameroon.
Forests cover a third of the world’s land mass. We could not survive without the cooling effect they have on the planet. For thousands of years, we have logged their trees and tapped their resin, we have hunted and foraged among them, found sources of medicine and created sacred groves. We both treasure them and waste them.
From the ravaged to rewilded, FORESTS explores more than 100 of the world’s most spectacular woodlands.
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I've written a novel with my Dad. Yes, we're still talking - actually, I have to do most of the listening, but so it goes.
Anyway, the book's out now and is about this...
How far would you go to protect your home from the clutches of a criminal landlord who ignores your legal rights? What would you do if the police can't help when the landlord changes the locks, cuts off the electricity and floods your flat?
Would you be prepared to break the law yourself by conning the landlord in an ingenious plot? And could you pull it off without him realising that you were behind it all?
Often funny, sometimes romantic, SNAKES & LADDERS is the story of how two mid-life victims, schoolteacher Jenny and art restorer Richard, try to turn the tables on a millionaire bully - by joining forces with a charming conman.
The problem is: can they trust the conman.
Available now from Amazon as an ebook, paperback and in hardback.
Cover design by @jamesnunnart
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This year's Oli Bennett Charitable Trust Secret Postcard Fair will take place on the evening of Thursday 19 June at Westminster School in London.
More than 100 A5-sized artworks will be presented anonymously - the artists have only signed the reverse of the artwork. Only after purchase has been made will the buyer know for sure who the artist is.
Previous contributors have included Antony Gormley, Peter Blake, Jonathan Yeo, Yelena Popova, Susie Hamilton, Lubna Speitan and Richard Colson, as well as emerging talents and keen amateur artists.
Each card will be on sale at £70.
Admission is free (including food and drink) but capacity is limited and by ticket only.
FOR TICKETS search Eventbrite OLI BENNETT.
The Oli Bennett Charitable Trust helps enterprising young people get their businesses off the ground.
Registered charity 1090861.
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