Moving in and out the pages of Tim Dee's book, between the fabulously grungy illustrations by Greg Poole, are birds, and the men (they are, almost to a man) who watch them; but also ideas about society, mortality and urbanisation.
01 November 2018, The Tablet
A guide to gulls – and much, much more
As municipal tips close, the future of these most aeronautic of birds seems to be less assured
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