Upcoming Book - Fish Heads and Dust

Fish Heads and Dust From April to June 2025 more than a hundred foragers took part in the Wildbiome Project, during which time they ate only wild or foraged food for a period of one or three months. Gillian Edom was one of the participants in this project and this is an account of some of her experiences. This involvement in a genuine living history experiment also provoked many reflections on how it might have a bearing on some of the tricky issues we face in the world as it is today.

From Sting to Spin, 3rd edition Available now Now in its third edition, From Sting to Spin brings together fairy tales and folklore, archaeology, historical fact and anecdotal evidence on the use of nettle fibre to make cloth, showing how it was used in many countries around the world from the earliest times up until the Second World War. It also attempts to unravel the confusion that has arisen from the fact that, world wide, there are many types of ‘nettle’ that are used to produce fibre. The completion of this revised edition was inspired by the new wave of nettle fibre enthusiasts who have been enabled to communicate and share their knowledge and interest in using nettle fibre to make cloth through the medium of social media. It was also an opportunity to correct several minor errors and add some extra material that has emerged during the last few years. It goes without saying that the new cover is significantly enhanced by Allan Brown’s beautiful picture of his own extracted nettle fibre.