Culture
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Book review: ‘The Secret Life of Books’ by Tom Mole
Why they mean more than words.
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Book review: ‘The Arvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction’ by Sally Cline & Midge Gillies
Writing about Travel, Nature, Food, Feminism, History, Science, Death, Friendship and Sexuality.
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Book review: ‘First You Write a Sentence’ by Joe Moran
The elements of reading, writing… and life.
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Book review: ‘Draft No. 4’ by John McPhee
Essays on factual writing.
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Book review: ‘Unnatural Selection’ by Katrina van Grouw
Art meets science in this stunningly illustrated book.
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Book review: ‘Ravilious & Co.’ by Andy Friend
The Pattern of Friendship.
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Book review: ‘Selected Letters of Philip Larkin’ (Anthony Thwaite, ed.)
Hugely entertaining correspondence from one of Britain’s most popular poets.
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Book review: ‘Poetry Notebook’ by Clive James
Sorting the poetic wheat from chaff.
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Book review: ‘On Writing Well’ by William Zinsser
The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction.
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Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by John Robertson
A very short introduction.
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Book review: ‘The Sense of Style’ by Steven Pinker
The thinking person’s guide to writing in the 21st century.
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Book review: ‘Wanderlust’ by Rebecca Solnit
A history of walking.