Neil Ansell

The Last Wilderness: A Journey into Silence

Neil Ansell, former BBC journalist, is now a full-time writer living in the Western Highlands. He is the author of a series of acclaimed books of nature memoir, all of which reflect on different aspects of our relationship with the natural world.

Join Neil as he talks about his book The Last Wilderness: A Journey into Silence, which is set amongst the wildlife of the rough bounds in the Scottish Highlands.

Over the course of a series of solitary walks in remote country he reflects on the progressive hearing loss that is chipping away at his connection with the sounds of nature. His book was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for nature writing and the Highland Book Prize.

“Beautiful…a testimony to reticent courage.” Daily Mail