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Writing tagged: ‘Charles Darwin’

Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’

Timber hitch

The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova

Published 21-Mar-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Charles Darwin, Jen, Kapka Kassabova, prehistory, swallows, W.G. Sebald

Newsletter No. 25: ‘Painting the Forth Bridge’

Painting the Forth Railway Bridge

On the undefinitiveness (I made that word up) of factual writing. Plus some cool links and book recommendations.

Published 28-Jan-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alan Bennett, Charles Darwin, Granta, Jeremy Dagley, Kathleen Jamie, on writing, Robin McKie

HebWeb interview

I have been interviewed for the local HebWeb site.

Published 22-Jul-2021
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, Darwin book, Hebden Bridge, HebWeb, On the Moor (book), science

New facts emerge

#AmWriting

On the unavoidably provisional nature of essay collections.

Published 16-Jul-2021
Filed under: #AmWriting, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin book, on writing

28 June 2021

Commemorative stone

A walk around Ogden Water, and an encounter with a locally rare bird.

Published 28-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, ducks, flowers, gesses, great crested grebes, grey herons, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, John Frederick Bateman, Ogden Water, On the Moor (book), siskins, videos, yellow flag irises

Late autumn

Autumn in the upper Calder Valley

Under self-imposed semi-house-arrest. Phase two of the Squirrel Wars. Binge reading. A brace of anniversaries.

Published 24-Nov-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: autumn, Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, coronavirus, Darwin book, grey squirrels, Hebden Bridge, mammals, reading

Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)

‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin, 1st edition, title page

…or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

Published 23-Nov-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Science Tags: Charles Darwin, reviews

Book review: ‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane

‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane

A history of a fascination.

Published 27-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Nature & Place Tags: Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, John Tyndall, reviews, Robert Macfarlane

Book review: ‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould

‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould

Reflections in natural history.

Published 22-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, History, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, reviews, Stephen Jay Gould

Book review: ‘The Natural History of Selborne’ by Gilbert White

‘The Natural History of Selborne’ by Gilbert White

A nature writing classic.

Published 28-Sep-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: Charles Darwin, Gilbert White, reviews

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