NATURAL LIGHT
NATURAL LIGHT was launched in the summer of 2014 and explores the links between nature, culture and the arts.
The focus is on living artists and their responses to nature in music and words; but we also celebrate the centuries-old heritage of great works and their makers, and of course, nature itself.
Our news items, blogs, features, reviews and events listings will keep you up to date with NATURAL LIGHT's world. Please use the contact form to suggest items and to get in touch.
NATURAL LIGHT is always keen to hear from creators and activists whose work straddles the worlds of nature, environment and art.
The focus is on living artists and their responses to nature in music and words; but we also celebrate the centuries-old heritage of great works and their makers, and of course, nature itself.
Our news items, blogs, features, reviews and events listings will keep you up to date with NATURAL LIGHT's world. Please use the contact form to suggest items and to get in touch.
NATURAL LIGHT is always keen to hear from creators and activists whose work straddles the worlds of nature, environment and art.
NATURAL LIGHT is edited by Laurence Rose. Laurence has worked in nature conservation for over thirty years, for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is also a composer and writer, a Director of CoMA - Contemporary Music for All, a former Director of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and a business adviser to arts and conservation organisations.
He chose the title for this website after reading Luz Natural, an anthology by his friend the Argentinian naturalist and poet Andrés Bosso.
He chose the title for this website after reading Luz Natural, an anthology by his friend the Argentinian naturalist and poet Andrés Bosso.
I will be tracking the arrival of spring across Europe
NATURAL LIGHT editor Laurence Rose writes: "Between February and June 2016 I will be tracking the arrival of spring in Europe, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic. Starting on the North African coast, and visiting some of the most interesting wild places in Spain, France, the UK, Sweden, Finland and Norway, I will report back on what I find, at www.thelongspring.com.
"I’ll be describing wildlife, places, traditions, culture and issues as I look for signs of the coming of spring. I will be finding out how spring is marked by people in the areas I visit, investigating people’s connection to their natural environment and seeing how this is changing.
"I'll also report on news from elsewhere, such as webcams from special places as the new season gets underway."
The Long Spring is also the working title of Laurence's forthcoming book, provisionally scheduled for publication in early 2018, by Bloomsbury.
"I’ll be describing wildlife, places, traditions, culture and issues as I look for signs of the coming of spring. I will be finding out how spring is marked by people in the areas I visit, investigating people’s connection to their natural environment and seeing how this is changing.
"I'll also report on news from elsewhere, such as webcams from special places as the new season gets underway."
The Long Spring is also the working title of Laurence's forthcoming book, provisionally scheduled for publication in early 2018, by Bloomsbury.
