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Writing tagged: ‘Arthur Ransome’

Newsletter No. 1: ‘Kudos to youdos’

Spoonbills
Spoonbills, little egret, grey herons and Canada geese

Patti Smith · W.G. Sebald · Sexual Selection · Roman chicken · Robert Graves · Swallows & Amazons · Thames Estuary · James Brindley · Spoonbills

Published 02-Sep-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: Arthur Ransome, birds, Charles Darwin, GrrlScientist, Julian Hoffman, Patti Smith, Robert Graves, W.G. Sebald

Wild Cat Island

Three and a half decades after I first became enchanted by the place, I finally set foot on the island that inspired Arthur Ransome's ‘Swallows and Amazons’.

Published 17-Nov-2013
Filed under: Featured Articles, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: Arthur Ransome, Caught by the River, Cumbria, expeditions, favourite places, Lake District, Mike D, pilgrimages

Jibbooms and bobstays!

Coniston Water
Coniston Water.

In which I finally set eyes on Wild Cat Island.

Published 20-Dec-2012
Filed under: Writing Tags: Arthur Ransome, Cumbria, expeditions, favourite places, Lake District, pilgrimages, reading

RECENT NEWSLETTERS

  • Newsletter No. 28: ‘Breaking my golden rule’
    Thoughts on nature writing · Richard Feynman · Vikings! · Bronze Age diets · recovered daguerreotypes · transit of Phobos · Alice Roberts · Cal Flyn
  • Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’
    The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova
  • Newsletter No. 26: ‘Slits for pupils’
    Research triage · filing your nuggets · pupil shapes · Amy Liptrot · moths and bats · critical reading · early medieval history · Tim Dee · book reviews

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    Fact and fiction should be recognised as discrete things, not parts of a continuum.
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    A trip to Ireland.
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    A bad night’s sleep has unforeseen benefits.
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    There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.

RECENT ARTICLES

  • Giving fiascos a bad name
    How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
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    To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.

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  • 2021: a year in photos
    My eleventh annual video slideshow.
  • HebWeb interview
    I have been interviewed for the local HebWeb site.

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