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Writing tagged: ‘Melissa Harrison’

Newsletter No. 21: Positively sluggish

Slug

Richard Mabey · Tim Dee · Mark Cocker · Amy Liptrot · Kathleen Jamie · Patti Smith · Alan Bennett · Melissa Harrison · Urban Birder · Patrick Wright · Clive James · and more…

Published 19-Feb-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alan Bennett, Amy Liptrot, Clive James, Darwin book, insects, Kathleen Jamie, LRB, Mark Cocker, Melissa Harrison, Patrick Wright, Patti Smith, Richard Mabey, Tim Dee

Book review: ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’ by Melissa Harrison

‘The Stubborn Light of Things’ by Melissa Harrison

A nature diary.

Published 12-Jan-2021
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: Melissa Harrison, reviews

Newsletter No. 20: Giving it the David Attenboroughs

Barn owl

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.

Published 20-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: archaeology, birds, Caught by the River, Clive James, Darwin book, Donald Hall, Gaby Wood, Gilbert White, Luke Turner, Melissa Harrison, Merlin Sheldrake, Philip Hoare, Philip Larkin, podcasts, Robert Macfarlane, Werner Herzog

Giving fiascos a bad name

New moon, Mercury and Venus setting over Heptonstall

How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.

Published 20-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: bats, Calder valley, Darwin book, Hebden Bridge, Melissa Harrison, podcasts, YNWA

Bats podcast piece

New moon, Mercury and Venus setting over Heptonstall

I make a guest appearance in episode 16 of Melissa Harrison’s podcast ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’. Here’s an extended version.

Published 16-Jul-2020
Filed under: Featured Articles, News, Published Pieces Tags: bats, Melissa Harrison, podcasts

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

Newsletter No. 15: Semi-immersed

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

Book review: ‘All Among the Barley’ by Melissa Harrison

All Among the Barley

Rural idylls weren’t quite as idyllic as they seemed.

Published 01-Nov-2018
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: fiction, Melissa Harrison, reviews

Newsletter No. 5: Incongruous owl

Sunny bunny
Sunny bunny.

dawn chorus · Simon Armitage · the invention of the telescope · huge, sprawling collaborations · Withnail & I · book smells · re-assembling Darwin’s research notes · converting walks into words · Daniel Dennett · writing letters · humanist politics · dentistry with stone tools · analysing penguin poo · Melissa Harrison · Robert Macfarlane · swallows

Published 25-Apr-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Ben Myers, birds, Charles Darwin, history of science, humanism, Melissa Harrison, Robert Macfarlane, swallows

Book review: ‘Rain’ by Melissa Harrison

Rain by Melissa Harrison

Four walks in English weather.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: Melissa Harrison, reading, reviews, weather

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