»Seal Cull

“in Seal Cull: The Grey Seal Controversy (Penguin: Harmondsworth, UK; 95 pence), John Lister-Kaye has come close to providing an account which is fair to both sides. Lister-Kaye has provided a first class documentary of the grey-seal fishery issue in which he has systematically presented the information in a form which is useful to statesman, politician, scientist, fisherman, conservationist and interested layman alike. He writes not as a completely detached observer and is not afraid to state his own opinion on main issues and attribute blame or praise where he thinks fit ”

Nature

»Song of the Rolling Earth

“Song of the Rolling Earth is an environmental classic to stand alongside Leopold's Sand County Almanac, Maxwells' Ring of Bright Water and Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals. In an age perplexed by experts, Lister-Kaye is that rarest of things, a genuine all-rounder. ”

Sebastian Skeaping, The Spectator