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Essays

Reviews of books of essays.

Genres: All · Nature/Place · Science · History · People · Essays · Fiction

Book review: ‘A Claxton Diary’ by Mark Cocker

‘A Claxton Diary’ by Mark Cocker

Further field notes from a small planet.

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Book review: ‘First You Write a Sentence’ by Joe Moran

‘First You Write a Sentence’ by Joe Moran

The elements of reading, writing… and life.

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Book review: ‘Sightlines’ by Kathleen Jamie

‘Sightlines’ by Kathleen Jamie

A second volume of superb ‘nature writing’.

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Book review: ‘Findings’ by Kathleen Jamie

‘Findings’ by Kathleen Jamie

Nature writing from the other side of the fence.

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Book review: ‘Draft No. 4’ by John McPhee

Draft No. 4

Essays on factual writing.

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Book review: ‘In My Mind’s Eye’ by Jan Morris

In My Mind's Eye

A thought diary.

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Book review: ‘Victorians Undone’ by Kathryn Hughes

Victorians Undone

Tales of the flesh in the age of decorum.

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Book review: ‘Poetry Notebook’ by Clive James

Poetry Notebook

Sorting the poetic wheat from chaff.

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Book review: ‘Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives’ by Mr Frank Key

Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives

A medium-sized mass of potted nonsense.

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Recent Articles

RSS Recent Articles

  • 2018: a year in photos
    My eighth annual video slideshow.
  • Where has all the heather gone?
    The Moor is looking decidedly lacklustre this August.
  • The Rough Patch
    On the advantages of being a crap gardener.
  • Going camera-less
    Taking walks without lugging around a massive camera bag: it’ll never catch on!

Recent Newsletters

RSS Recent Newsletters

  • Newsletter No. 17: Scoffing all the berries
    Island Review · Julian Hoffman · John Green · Dorothea Lange · Jonathan Meades · Rebecca Solnit · Willowherb Review · Robert Macfarlane · Dave Winer · Horatio Clare · Mark Cocker · Steve Rutt
  • Newsletter No. 16: Snippets of nature writing
    sidelines · Robert Macfarlane · Julian Hoffman · Amy Liptrot · Little Toller · Sir Thomas Browne · Tim Dee · Adam Nicolson · Julia Blackburn
  • Newsletter No. 15: Semi-immersed
    writing & research · milestones · Anthea Bell · island wardens · hillforts · pubs · oak trees · ancient ships · self-improvement · Mark Cocker · Jan Morris · Melissa Harrison
  • Newsletter No. 14: The terror Carter’s warriors
    Liverpool · chinese warriors · Ben Myers · shoes on wires · Patti Smith · Wuthering Heights · stratigraphy · astronomy · ancient DNA · storm petrels · LIMONCELLO ICE CREAM!!

Recent Sidelines

RSS Recent Sidelines

  • 2 December 2019
    Blackbirds and fieldfares all over our hawthorn.
  • 1 December 2019
    A walk around the lanes before sunset.
  • 30 November 2019
    Another frosty walk.
  • 29 November 2019
    A frosty walk.

Recent Reviews

RSS Recent Reviews

  • Book review: ‘Ness’ by Robert Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood
    A haunting prose-poem (I think).
  • Book review: ‘Darwin’ by Jonathan Howard
    A very short introduction.
  • Book review: ‘Evolution’ by Brian & Deborah Charlesworth
    A very short introduction.
  • Book review: ‘Year of the Monkey’ by Patti Smith
    Further quirky memoirs.

News

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  • An embarrassment of Richards
    In which my head appears on a spike (six times).
  • Introducing Sidelines
    A new section on my website dedicated to the (mostly nature) writing I write ‘on the side’. Definitely not a diary. Definitely not a blog.
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