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Writing tagged: ‘Rebecca Solnit’

Rich Text

Newsletter No. 31: ‘When nice old ladies wave’

Crossing paths with the queen · medieval books · palimpsests · pelicans · prehistoric forests · runways · light pollution · Stendhal · spiders · Musk · and more…

Published 28-Oct-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: books, encounters, Julian Hoffman, light pollution, prehistory, Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Wragg Sykes, social media
‘Orwell’s Roses’ by Rebecca Solnit

Book review: ‘Orwell’s Roses‘ by Rebecca Solnit

Pleasure, truth, and roses.

Published 17-Oct-2022
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture, Essays, People Tags: factual writing, George Orwell, Rebecca Solnit, reviews
Male Lady Amherst’s pheasant

Newsletter No. 30: ‘Ming’

Fabulous birds · Rebecca Solnit · Webb Space Telescope · Stonehenge · book reviews · cutting some crap · and more…

Published 29-Jul-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, birds, photography, physics, prehistory, Rebecca Solnit
Violin

Descent into violins

The best essayists use seemingly trivial, original examples to illustrate recurring themes of personal importance.

Published 24-Jul-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: climate change, essays, on writing, Rebecca Solnit, Stephen Jay Gould
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
‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ by Rebecca Solnit

Book review: ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ by Rebecca Solnit

Getting lost as a way to finding yourself.

Published 19-Aug-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, History, Nature & Place Tags: Rebecca Solnit, reviews
‘The Faraway Nearby’ by Rebecca Solnit

Book review: ‘The Faraway Nearby’ by Rebecca Solnit

A curiously compelling mix of memoir and anti-memoir.

Published 14-Jun-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: People Tags: Rebecca Solnit, reviews
Sistine Chapel

Newsletter No. 4: ‘Paint to pufferfish’

Robert Macfarlane · Hilary Mantel · Martha Sprackland · Viking wool · Charles Darwin's reading habits · human evolution · praying to Elrond · drawing · making ink · Rebecca Solnit · insectivorous plants · do pufferfish hold their breath?

Published 24-Mar-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Dee Marshes, evolution, GrrlScientist, Martha Sprackland, Rebecca Solnit, Robert Macfarlane
Puffin Island

Newsletter No. 2: ‘Glorified monkeys’

Anglesey · lost exploration craft rediscovered · writing advice from Rebecca Solnit · volcanic sunsets · Ted Hughes · typographical tips · a strange way to estimate π · Dull Men’s Club · street photography · free speech · Alexander von Humboldt

Published 06-Oct-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: Andrea Wulf, Anglesey, GrrlScientist, Rebecca Solnit, science, Ted Hughes, Wales
‘Wanderlust’ by Rebecca Solnit

Book review: ‘Wanderlust’ by Rebecca Solnit

A history of walking.

Published 29-Jan-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, History, Nature & Place Tags: Rebecca Solnit, reviews

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