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Writing tagged: ‘Patti Smith’

‘A Book of Days’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘A Book Of Days’ by Patti Smith

Words and images from an inspirational artist.

Published 13-Jun-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, People Tags: art, Patti Smith, photography, reviews
Slug

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…

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
‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe and their lives together.

Published 20-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: People Tags: Patti Smith, reviews
‘Year of the Monkey’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘Year of the Monkey’ by Patti Smith

Further quirky memoirs.

Published 10-Nov-2019
Filed under: Writing Genres: People Tags: Patti Smith, reviews
Terracotta Warriors

Newsletter No. 14: ‘The terror Carter’s warriors’

Liverpool · chinese warriors · Ben Myers · shoes on wires · Patti Smith · Wuthering Heights · stratigraphy · astronomy · ancient DNA · storm petrels · LIMONCELLO ICE CREAM!!

Published 27-Jul-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: archaeology, astronomy, Ben Myers, birds, Brontës, dna, geology, Patti Smith
Moor grass doodle

Newsletter No. 8: ‘But is it Art?’

iPads · s-town · babylonian astronomy · Patti Smith · James Kelman · star-stuff · golden age of photography · conveying life's wonders · horses · bees · organ donations

Published 11-Aug-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, ipad, Patti Smith, photography, podcasts
Robin, Dee Marshes

Newsletter No. 3: ‘Peaking too soon’

Patti Smith · when your taste exceeds your talent · Spinosa · giant snowballs · reconciling longitude · two toddlers in a trench coat · opinions that need to be justified · Earth's days lengthen · the universe has 20 times more galaxies than we thought · dinosaur tail preserved in amber · John Berger

Published 06-Jan-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, history, Patti Smith, photography, science, YOGSOT
Spoonbills

Newsletter No. 1: ‘Kudos to youdos’

Patti Smith · W.G. Sebald · Sexual Selection · Roman chicken · Robert Graves · Swallows & Amazons · Thames Estuary · James Brindley · Spoonbills

Published 02-Sep-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: Arthur Ransome, birds, Charles Darwin, GrrlScientist, Julian Hoffman, Patti Smith, Robert Graves, W.G. Sebald
‘M Train’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘M Train’ by Patti Smith

A fascinating exercise in ‘writing about nothing’.

Published 28-Aug-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: People Tags: books, Patti Smith, reviews, W.G. Sebald

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