Essays
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Book review: ‘The Fran Lebowitz Reader’
Humorous journalism.
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Book review: ‘The Golden Mole’ by Katherine Rundell
Interesting facts about remarkable species.
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Book review: ‘W. G. Sebald in Context’ by Uwe Schütte (ed.)
A fascinating collection of academic essays about Sebald’s life, work and influences
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Book review: ‘Writing Landscape’ by Linda Cracknell
Essays on landscape and writing.
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Book review: ‘Affinities’ by Brian Dillon
Exploring our relationships with images.
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Book review: ‘Next to Nature’ by Ronald Blythe
A lifetime in the English countryside.
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Book review: ‘The Creative Act’ by Rick Rubin
A way of being.
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Book review: ‘Allegorizings‘ by Jan Morris
Eclectic crepuscular essays.
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Book review: ‘Orwell’s Roses‘ by Rebecca Solnit
Pleasure, truth, and roses.
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Book review: ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem‘ by Joan Didion
Counter-cultural journalism from the Swinging Sixties.
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Book review: ‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard
An eclectic mix of science, nature and memoir.
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Book review: ‘Pedro and Ricky Come Again’ by Jonathan Meades
Selected Writing 1988-2020.