Richard Girling

Richard Girling is a British journalist and author, known for his writing on the environment.[1]

Life and career

Richard Girling, born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1945,[2] is a journalist for The Sunday Times. In 2002, he won the Specialist Writer category at the British Press Awards.[3] He was awarded the Environmental Journalist of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 at Press Gazette's Environmental Journalism Awards.[4]

Published works

Fiction

  • Ielfstan's Place : 15,000 BC-1919 AD (1981)
  • Sprigg's War (1984)[5]

Non-Fiction

  • The Best of Sunday Times Travel (1988) (editor)
  • The View From The Top : A Panoramic Portrait of British Landscape (with Paul Barker) (1997)
  • Rubbish! Dirt On Our Hands and Crisis Ahead (2005)
  • Sea Change: Britain's Coastal Catastrophe (2007; paperback 2012)
  • Greed: Why We Can't Help Ourselves (2009)[6]
  • The Hunt for the Golden Mole (2014)
  • The Man Who Ate the Zoo: Frank Buckland, Forgotten Hero of Natural History (2016)[7]
  • The Longest Story: How Humans Have Loved, Hated and Misunderstood Other Species (2021)[8]

References

  1. ^ McKie, Robin (22 June 2014). "The Hunt for the Golden Mole review – The Hunt for the Golden Mole review – Richard Girling's 'entertaining and provocative' quest". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. ^ "born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1945". richardgirling.com. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ "British Press Awards winners". The Guardian. 20 March 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Richard Girling is environmental journalist of the year – Press Gazette". Press Gazette. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Review: "Sprigg's War"". The Sunday Times. London. 18 November 1984.
  6. ^ Silvester, Christopher (23 April 2009). "Greed: Why We Can't Help Ourselves by Richard Girling: review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ Byrne, Paula (5 November 2016). "The Man Who Ate the Zoo by Richard Girling". The Times. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ^ Glover, Julian (23 June 2021). "The Longest Story by Richard Girling". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 June 2021.