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Reviews: People

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

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862’

Darwin grows in confidence.

Published 06-Mar-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’

Poking around in flowers’ private parts.

Published 18-Jan-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
‘A Private Spy‘ by John Le Carré (Tim Cornwell, ed.)

Book review: ‘A Private Spy: the letters of John le Carré, 1945-2020’

Fascinating insights into the mind of a great novelist.

Published 31-Dec-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: People Tags: John le Carré, reviews
Allegorizings‘ by Jan Morris

Book review: ‘Allegorizings‘ by Jan Morris

Eclectic crepuscular essays.

Published 23-Dec-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, People Tags: Jan Morris, reviews
‘Orwell’s Roses’ by Rebecca Solnit

Book review: ‘Orwell’s Roses‘ by Rebecca Solnit

Pleasure, truth, and roses.

Published 17-Oct-2022
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture, Essays, People Tags: factual writing, George Orwell, Rebecca Solnit, reviews
‘The Emergence of Memory’ by Lynne Sharon Schwartz (ed.)

Book review: ‘The Emergence of Memory’ by Lynne Sharon Schwartz (ed.)

Interviews with, and essays about, the late W.G. Sebald.

Published 26-Aug-2022
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture, People Tags: reviews
‘Speak, Memory’ by Vladimir Nabokov

Book review: ‘Speak, Memory’ by Vladimir Nabokov

An autobiography revisited.

Published 26-Aug-2022
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: People Tags: reviews
‘Wanderers’ by Kerri Andrews

Book review: ‘Wanderers’ by Kerri Andrews

A history of women walking.

Published 25-Jul-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, People Tags: Dorothy Wordsworth, Harriet Martineau, Kerri Andrews, Nan Shepherd, reviews, Sarah Stoddart-Hazlitt, Virginia Woolf
‘Teaching A Stone To Talk’ by Annie Dillard

Book review: ‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard

An eclectic mix of science, nature and memoir.

Published 07-Jun-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, Nature & Place, People, Science Tags: Annie Dillard, reviews
‘The Instant’ by Amy Liptrot

Book review: ‘The Instant’ by Amy Liptrot

The follow-up to the best-selling ‘The Outrun’.

Published 18-Mar-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, People Tags: Amy Liptrot, reviews
‘The Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by W.N.P. Barbellion

Book review: ‘The Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by W.N.P. Barbellion

A deliberately self-inflated masterpiece.

Published 22-Feb-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, People Tags: Philip Larkin, reviews
‘Albert & the Whale’ by Philip Hoare

Book review: ‘Albert & the Whale’ by Philip Hoare

An eclectic biography.

Published 22-Feb-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, History, Nature & Place, People Tags: Philip Hoare, reviews

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