A history of walking.
Book review: ‘Wanderlust’ by Rebecca Solnit
Grouse in winter
How red grouse change their habits in cold weather.
Tales of derring-don't
I'm beginning to wonder whether I might inadvertently have begun to invent a new sub-genre of ‘nature writing’.
Primroses v Wurlitzers
George Orwell on the simpler pleasures.
Prize-winning author lost on Moor
When your instincts and your compass disagree, trust your instincts. I mean your compass.
Sebald’s TV listing
When you enter into Sebald’s universe, it seems to me, you have to play along.
What I read in 2014
I read 36 books in 2014. This shows an uncharacteristic degree of consistency on my behalf.
2014: a year in photos
My fourth annual video slideshow review of the year.
Let's go!
By the time he was my age, John Lennon had been dead for almost ten years.