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Writing tagged: ‘books’

Improbable Destinies

Book review: ‘Improbable Destinies’ by Jonathan Losos

How predictable is evolution?

Published 22-Aug-2017
Filed under: Writing Genres: Science Tags: books, evolution, reviews, science
Built on Bones

Book review: ‘Built on Bones’ by Brenna Hassett

15,000 years of urban life and death.

Published 07-Apr-2017
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: archaeology, books, reviews, science
Dillard Pilgrim

Book review: ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek’ by Annie Dillard

Pulitzer-Prize-winning ruminations on the natural world.

Published 05-Apr-2017
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: Annie Dillard, books, nature, reviews, science
Larkin letters

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

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

Published 05-Apr-2017
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, People Tags: books, correspondence, Philip Larkin, poetry, reviews

Book review: ‘Man of Iron’ by Julian Glover

Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain.

Published 06-Mar-2017
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People Tags: books, history of science, reviews, science
British Landscape

Book review: ‘The Making of the British Landscape’ by Nicholas Crane

How we humans shaped the landscape of Britain, from the Ice Age to the present.

Published 04-Mar-2017
Filed under: Writing Genres: History Tags: books, reviews
Poetry Notebook

Book review: ‘Poetry Notebook’ by Clive James

Sorting the poetic wheat from chaff.

Published 31-Dec-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, Essays Tags: books, poetry, reviews, Stense

Book Review: ‘Threads’ by Julia Blackburn

The Delicate Life of John Craske.

Published 28-Aug-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People Tags: books, reviews, W.G. Sebald
‘M Train’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘M Train’ by Patti Smith

A fascinating exercise in ‘writing about nothing’.

Published 28-Aug-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: People Tags: books, Patti Smith, reviews, W.G. Sebald
Hebden's Other Bridges

Announcing my new photobook, ‘Hebden's Other Bridges’

My photo-book of bridges in the Hebden Bridge area is now available.

Published 08-Jul-2016
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: books, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, Hebden’s Other Bridges (book), photography
The Outrun

Book review: ‘The Outrun’ by Amy Liptrot

Recovering from addiction in the far north.

Published 26-Feb-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, People Tags: Amy Liptrot, books, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin

Bookshelf triage

When bookshelves become full, only the fittest volumes survive.

Published 12-May-2014
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: books, Charles Darwin, history, history of science, reading

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