Writing tagged: ‘Melissa Harrison’
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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…
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Book review: ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’ by Melissa Harrison
A nature diary.
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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.
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Giving fiascos a bad name
How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
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Bats podcast piece
I make a guest appearance in episode 16 of Melissa Harrison’s podcast ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’. Here’s an extended version.
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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)
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8 April 2020
A new podcast, jackdaws, and a super-moon.
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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
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Book review: ‘All Among the Barley’ by Melissa Harrison
Rural idylls weren’t quite as idyllic as they seemed.
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Newsletter No. 5: ‘Incongruous owl’
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…
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Book review: ‘Rain’ by Melissa Harrison
Four walks in English weather.
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Book review: ‘At Hawthorn Time’ by Melissa Harrison
An extraordinary modern rural novel.