Writing
Filter writing: Sidelines (blog) • Newsletters • Reviews
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863’
Six months of illness, and lots of botany.
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LRB letter: ‘The reaction economy’
On Charles Darwin’s use of photography in his book about human and animal emotions.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862’
Darwin grows in confidence.
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Book review: ‘Pride And Prejudice’ by Jane Austen
More toffs wittering on about stuff.
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Book review: ‘Darwin Comes to Town’ by Menno Schilthuizen
How the urban jungle drives evolution
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Charles Darwin’s book-writing process
Charles Darwin’s approach to book-writing went through four key stages…
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’
Poking around in flowers’ private parts.
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Darwinian smut
On my new ‘Daily Darwin’ project.
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Book review: ‘A Private Spy: the letters of John le Carré, 1945-2020’
Fascinating insights into the mind of a great novelist.
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Book review: ‘Northerners‘ by Brian Groom
A history of Northern England from the Ice Age to the present day.
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Book review: ‘Allegorizings‘ by Jan Morris
Eclectic crepuscular essays.