Selected writings, 1960–2010.
Book review: ‘Aftermath’ by Ronald Blythe
Essays
Book review: ‘Surfacing’ by Kathleen Jamie
A third collection of wonderful essays from my favourite writer.
Book review: ‘A Claxton Diary’ by Mark Cocker
Further field notes from a small planet.
Book review: ‘First You Write a Sentence’ by Joe Moran
The elements of reading, writing… and life.
Book review: ‘Sightlines’ by Kathleen Jamie
A second volume of superb ‘nature writing’.
Book review: ‘Findings’ by Kathleen Jamie
Nature writing from the other side of the fence.
Book review: ‘Draft No. 4’ by John McPhee
Essays on factual writing.
Book review: ‘In My Mind’s Eye’ by Jan Morris
A thought diary.
Book review: ‘Victorians Undone’ by Kathryn Hughes
Tales of the flesh in the age of decorum.
Book review: ‘Poetry Notebook’ by Clive James
Sorting the poetic wheat from chaff.