Elementum is a biannual journal of new writing and visual arts that explores the natural world and our place within it. The theme of this third edition is 'roots' - we meditate on our origins and celebrate the secret histories of species that once roamed our lands but now exist only in song, story or bone. Jim Crumley contemplates a time when wolves and humans shared the landscape of his native Scotland, captured in stunning detail by artist Catherine Hyde. Wyl Menmuir and printmaker Lucy Grant commune in the 'dark wilderness' of caves, and Colin Taylor reflects on the fragile ecologies of islands.There is exclusive insight into the notebooks and creative practice of Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane, and we publish new writing by Kathleen Jamie. We join a poet and an artist in pursuit of the spirit of Edward Thomas and ponder the complicated and elusive history of the Green Man, while extraordinary 3D maps guide us deep underground into Devon and Cornwall's abandoned mines, which bear witness to thousands of hours work by generations of miners who shaped our modern world. Each edition is 144 pages, limp notch bound for durability and printed in full colour in the UK using vegetable inks on FSC-approved uncoated paper with coated paper interludes. Size 274x210mm