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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part II • July–December 1867

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part 2 • 1868’

Researching human evolution and expressions, and revising ‘On the Origin of Species’.

Published 27-Sep-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part I • January–June 1867

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part 1 • 1868’

Researching human evolution and expressions.

Published 27-Sep-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
‘One Midsummer’s Day’ by Mark Cocker

Book Review: ‘One Midsummer’s Day’ by Mark Cocker

Swifts and the story of life on earth.

Published 29-Aug-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, Science Tags: environment, Mark Cocker, reviews, science, swifts
‘Writing Tools’ by Roy Peter Clark

Book Review: ‘Writing Tools’ by Roy Peter Clark

An excellent collection of writing advice.

Published 26-Aug-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture Tags: on writing, reviews
‘Affinities’ by Brian Dillon

Book review: ‘Affinities’ by Brian Dillon

Exploring our relationships with images.

Published 26-Aug-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, Essays Tags: Brian Dillon, reviews
The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio & Leonardo
The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio & Leonardo) CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Common

‘Lesser’ truth v artistic licentiousness

I don’t buy claims that paintings are more accurate than photographs, and novels more truthful than factual writing.

Published 21-Aug-2023
Filed under: Writing Tags: art, factual v fiction, factual writing, fiction, on writing
‘Next to Nature’ by Ronald Blythe

Book review: ‘Next to Nature’ by Ronald Blythe

A lifetime in the English countryside.

Published 19-Jul-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, Nature & Place Tags: reviews, Ronald Blythe
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 15 • 1867

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 15 • 1867’

Correcting proofs and researching human evolution, sexual selection, and expressions.

Published 19-Jul-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
‘Unrecounted’ by W.G. Sebald and Jan Peter Tripp

Book review: ‘Unrecounted’ by W.G. Sebald & Jan Peter Tripp

Enigmatic Sebaldian poetry.

Published 19-Jul-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Poetry Tags: reviews, W.G. Sebald
Mark Cocker and other naturalists in Nutclough Wood
Mark Cocker and other naturalists in Nutclough Wood

Cocker, the walk

A short walk with Mark Cocker to admire the natural grandeur of a Yorkshire wood.

Published 19-Jul-2023
Filed under: Featured Writing, Nature, Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Calder Valley, expeditions, Hebden Bridge, Mark Cocker, nature waiting
Flight event

Propellor: Flight // In Conversation

A cross-genre performance of music and words.

Published 16-Jul-2023
Filed under: Writing Tags: art, Hebden Bridge, Mark Cocker, music, Paul Knights
Philosophising by an air-shaft
Philosophising by an air-shaft

Philosophising

In which I attend a philosophical guided walk on a familiar patch.

Published 15-Jul-2023
Filed under: Writing Tags: Hebden Bridge, Paul Knights, the Moor

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