Articles
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Venice: a model for car-free living?
It is entirely possible, it turns out, for a city to function without cars and vans and lorries. Who would have thought it? But is it practical?
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136 snail shells & a pint of shorts
As life events go, Shetland 1985 turned out to be right up there.
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How to digitise photos from slides or negatives without a scanner
I digitised some 30-year-old Kodachrome slides this week. Some notes to remind myself what I did.
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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’.
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Primroses v Wurlitzers
George Orwell on the simpler pleasures.
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Prize-winning author lost on Moor
When your instincts and your compass disagree, trust your instincts. I mean your compass.
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Sebald’s TV listing
When you enter into Sebald’s universe, it seems to me, you have to play along.
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What I read in 2014
I read 36 books in 2014. This shows an uncharacteristic degree of consistency on my behalf.
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Let’s go!
By the time he was my age, John Lennon had been dead for almost ten years.
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Back-endish
How a mere week can make a big difference in the natural world.
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The best camera
My point-and-shoot camera turned out to be the best camera in the world yesterday.
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Bookshelf triage
When bookshelves become full, only the fittest volumes survive.