Landmarks

In Landmarks, Robert MacFarlane celebrates the language we use to describe landscape and the cultural knowledge embedded within it. He argues that losing words for nature diminishes our relationship with the land. The book blends essays, glossaries, and poetic reflection, drawing from regional dialects and ancient terms. MacFarlane’s writing is lyrical and reverent, inviting renewed attention to place. It is both a literary work and a quiet act of conservation.