Simon Barnes
Author and journalist
Simon Barnes is a sports and wildlife writer, and is the author of a number of books including A Bad Birdwatcher’s Companion, How to be a Bad Birdwatcher, Ten Million Aliens, The Sacred Combe, The History Of The World in 100 Animals, as well as the recently published The Green Planet, which accompanies the BBC series presented by Sir David Attenborough. He is a council member of the World Land Trust, and a patron of Save the Rhino and honorary vice-president of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
Recent articles by Simon Barnes
James Bond: Secret agent and ornithologist? How Ian Fleming’s writing revealed himself and 007 to be covert naturalists
Commander James Bond was a naturalist and his creator, Ian Fleming, a nature writer. We reveal how wildlife infuses the 007 books.
How to watch The Green Planet
Without trees and flowers, there is no life. The Green Planet, a new BBC series presented by Sir David Attenborough, takes us behind the branches and into the undergrowth.