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Writing tagged: ‘Horatio Clare’

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

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, 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

10 September 2019

Rochdale Canal, Stubbing Wharf

An autumnal walk and a wintry book.

Published 10-Sep-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder valley, Hebden Bridge, Horatio Clare

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