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Reviews of biographies, autobiographies, correspondence, memoirs, and other ‘life writing’.

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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’

‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’

Letters to and from Darwin in the immediate aftermath of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.

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Book review: ‘The Diary of a Bookseller’ by Shaun Bythell

The Diary of a Bookseller

A year in the life of a Scottish bookseller.

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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: ‘Darwin’s Backyard’ by James T Costa

Darwin's Backyard

How small experiments led to a big theory.

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Book review: ‘Dispelling the Darkness’ by John van Wyhe

Dispelling the Darkness

Voyage in the Malay Archipelago and the discovery of evolution by Wallace and Darwin.

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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: ‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson

‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson

A long-overdue biography of the Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual.

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Book reviews: ‘Charles Darwin: Voyaging’ • ‘Charles Darwin: The Power of Place’

A magnificent two-volume biography.

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Book review: ‘Ravilious & Co.’ by Andy Friend

Ravilious & Co.

The Pattern of Friendship.

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Book review: ‘Selected Letters of Philip Larkin’ (Anthony Thwaite, ed.)

Larkin letters

Hugely entertaining correspondence from one of Britain’s most popular poets.

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Recent Articles

RSS Recent Articles

  • 2018: a year in photos
    My eighth annual video slideshow.
  • A face for radio
    In which I am interviewed for a ‘radio’ documentary.
  • 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.

Recent Newsletters

RSS Recent Newsletters

  • 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 Reviews

RSS Recent Reviews

  • Book review: ‘The Seabird’s Cry’ by Adam Nicolson
    The lives of puffins, gannets, and other ocean voyagers.
  • Book review: ‘Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species’ by Sabina Radeva
    Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection explained for young children.
  • Book review: ‘Landfill’ by Tim Dee
    A celebration of gulls.
  • Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’
    Letters to and from Darwin in the immediate aftermath of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.
  • Book review: ‘The Diary of a Bookseller’ by Shaun Bythell
    A year in the life of a Scottish bookseller.
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