In which going through a lot of faff yields benefits.
Writing tagged: ‘Darwin book’
Newsletter No. 21: ‘Positively sluggish’
Richard Mabey · Tim Dee · Mark Cocker · Amy Liptrot · Kathleen Jamie · Patti Smith · Alan Bennett · Melissa Harrison · Urban Birder · Patrick Wright · Clive James · and more…
Let the tweaking commence!
In which I decide to break a self-imposed rule.
Late autumn
Under self-imposed semi-house-arrest. Phase two of the Squirrel Wars. Binge reading. A brace of anniversaries.
24 August 2020
The stuff I plough through for my readers!
Newsletter No. 20: ‘Giving it the David Attenboroughs’
In which I gatecrash a podcast, and share cool stuff by the likes of: Melissa Harrison · Luke Turner · Werner Herzog · Merlin Sheldrake · Robert Macfarlane · Gaby Wood · Caught by the River · Philip Hoare · and a host of talented extras.
Giving fiascos a bad name
How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
19 July 2020
Weeding, and a spot of comet-watching.
21 June 2020
Distracted by the bird-table.
Newsletter No. 19: ‘Comfort Reading’
Melissa Harrison · Tim Dee · Horatio Clare · John Mitchinson · Ronald Blythe · Mary Beard · Benjamin Myers · Zack Arias · Eric Newby · greenland sharks · Maunsell forts · England rugby · Charles Darwin (obviously)
10 May 2020
In which fortune favours my prepared mind twice in one week.
19 April 2020
A sad anniversary, and an unexpected treat.