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Writing tagged: ‘Horatio Clare’

Newsletter No. 24: ‘Unclassifiable’

W.G. Sebald

W.G. Sebald · Jan Morris · Jonathan Meades · prehistoric megafauna · Rebecca Solnit · complex numbers · Vikings! · Richard Mabey · Jeff Young · Horatio Clare · chess · Charles Darwin (obviously)

Published 10-Dec-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: chess, Horatio Clare, Jan Morris, Jeff Young, Jonathan Meades, mathematics, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Rebecca Solnit, Richard Mabey, vikings, W.G. Sebald

Newsletter No. 23: ‘Emerging from aestivation’

Gannet, Bempton Cliffs

Massimo Pigliucci · ‘spirituality’ · Barry Lopez · talking trees · Eleanor Konik · rewilding · Mark Cocker · light pollution · Sir Clive Sinclair · Horatio Clare · swifts · The Enlightenment

Published 01-Oct-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, Barry Lopez, Horatio Clare, light pollution, Mark Cocker, Massimo Pigliucci, rewilding, spirituality, swifts, The Enlightenment

Book review: ‘Heavy Light’ by Horatio Clare

‘Heavy Light’ by Horatio Clare

A journey through madness, mania and healing.

Published 03-Aug-2021
Filed under: Writing Genres: People, Science Tags: Horatio Clare, reviews

Book review: ‘Something of His Art’ by Horatio Clare

‘Something of His Art’ by Horatio Clare

Walking to Lübeck with J.S. Bach.

Published 17-Aug-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People Tags: Horatio Clare, reviews

Newsletter No. 19: ‘Comfort Reading’

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)

Published 10-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Ben Myers, coronavirus, Darwin book, Horatio Clare, John Mitchinson, Mary Beard, Melissa Harrison, Ronald Blythe, Tim Dee

12 April 2020

Swallow!

Published 12-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, Horatio Clare, swallows

Book review: ‘A Single Swallow’ by Horatio Clare

‘A Single Swallow’ by Horatio Clare

Following the migration from South Africa to South Wales.

Published 20-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: Horatio Clare, reviews

13 February 2020

Swallows mural

Two unexpected mid-February swallow encounters.

Published 13-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, Horatio Clare, swallows, weather

Newsletter No. 17: ‘Scoffing all the berries’

Fieldfare on our hawthorn

Island Review · Julian Hoffman · John Green · Dorothea Lange · Jonathan Meades · Rebecca Solnit · Willowherb Review · Robert Macfarlane · Dave Winer · Horatio Clare · Mark Cocker · Steve Rutt

Published 06-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Horatio Clare, island review, Julian Hoffman, Mark Cocker, on writing, Robert Macfarlane, Stephen Rutt, Willowherb Review

Book review: ‘The Light in the Dark’ by Horatio Clare

‘A Light in the Dark’ by Horatio Clare

A winter journal.

Published 03-Oct-2019
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, People Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, Horatio Clare, reviews

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    My eleventh annual video slideshow.
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