Richard Girling Explained
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]
Notes and References
- News: McKie . Robin . The Hunt for the Golden Mole review – The Hunt for the Golden Mole review – Richard Girling's 'entertaining and provocative' quest . 21 July 2018 . . 22 June 2014 . en.
- News: born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1945 . 23 June 2021 . richardgirling.com . 23 June 2021 . en.
- News: British Press Awards winners . 21 July 2018 . The Guardian . 20 March 2002 . en.
- News: Richard Girling is environmental journalist of the year – Press Gazette . 21 July 2018 . . 27 November 2009.
- News: . 18 November 1984 . Review: "Sprigg's War" . The Sunday Times . London.
- News: Silvester . Christopher . Greed: Why We Can't Help Ourselves by Richard Girling: review . 21 July 2018 . . 23 April 2009.
- News: Byrne . Paula . The Man Who Ate the Zoo by Richard Girling . 21 July 2018 . . 5 November 2016 . en.
- News: Glover . Julian . The Longest Story by Richard Girling . 28 June 2021 . . 23 June 2021 . en.