Robbie Smith

Humans love to hunt – and now we do it online

When not in church, Gilbert White spent his time outdoors, marvelling at the world. The Natural History of Selborne, published in 1789 at the end of his life, hasn’t been out of print since. It records White’s gentle, perceptive insights into nature – he realised the importance of the earthworm to soil before Darwin, for one – and