Natasha Carthew takes us beyond the picture-postcard image of Britain's coastline to reveal the lives of the people who call it home. Blending memoir, travel writing and social commentary, Rough Edges explores the realities of working-class coastal communities facing poverty, pollution, rising house prices and the erosion of local identity.

The Tattooed Hills is a wonderfully told journey into Britain’s chalk figures; the giants, horses, mysterious marks and symbols (even the occasional panda) that have been carved into our hillsides – and into our culture – at various points throughout history. 

There’s something immediately engaging about Things We Found in the Ground, at times it reads like being invited along on a windswept walk with two very enthusiastic companions. Rather than a traditional guide to metal detecting, this is a highly personal memoir about reconnecting (with each other, with place, and with the past) which finds joy in the small things

A warm and engaging memoir rooted firmly in the author’s own journey—from growing up in Germany to building a life on the Dorset coast with her English husband

From Stonehenge at mid-winter dawn to midsummer at Sycamore Gap, and from Ireland’s bog bodies to Dorset’s chalk giants, this is a journey that offers so much more than an exploration of the ancient sites.