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Writing tagged: ‘Jan Morris’

Allegorizings‘ by Jan Morris

Book review: ‘Allegorizings‘ by Jan Morris

Eclectic crepuscular essays.

Published 23-Dec-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, People Tags: Jan Morris, reviews
W.G. Sebald

Newsletter No. 24: ‘Unclassifiable’

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
‘Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere’ by Jan Morris

Book review: ‘Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere’ by Jan Morris

Place writing at its finest, and most personal.

Published 09-Dec-2021
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, History, Nature & Place Tags: Jan Morris, reviews
‘Thinking Again’ by Jan Morris

Book review: ‘Thinking Again’ by Jan Morris

A second volume of gentle diary-entries-cum-essays.

Published 03-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays Tags: Jan Morris, reviews
Semi-immersed

Newsletter No. 15: ‘Semi-immersed’

writing & research · milestones · Anthea Bell · island wardens · hillforts · pubs · oak trees · ancient ships · self-improvement · Mark Cocker · Jan Morris · Melissa Harrison

Published 02-Nov-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Jan Morris, Mark Cocker, Melissa Harrison, on writing, Sidelines
In My Mind's Eye

Book review: ‘In My Mind’s Eye’ by Jan Morris

A thought diary.

Published 29-Sep-2018
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, People Tags: Jan Morris, reviews

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