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Writing tagged: ‘Shetland’

1st January 2020

Kathleen Jamie, and Shetland memories.

Published 01-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: archaeology, Calder Valley, Christmas, Hebden Bridge, Kathleen Jamie, reminiscences, Shetland
Jay’s feather

23 June 2019

A topaz treasure, and suppressed claustrophobic memories.

Published 23-Jun-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, curlews, dogs, Hebden Bridge, Liverpool, reminiscences, Robert Macfarlane, Shetland, Yorkshire Dales
Male brambling
Male brambling

Newsletter No. 13: ‘Bramblings!’

bramblings · wheatears · Mary Beard · Beaker folk · Meera Sodha · recipes · John Tyndall · Eunice Foote · religion · Ben Myers · Austin Kleon · Walter Benjamin · giant sloths · Shetland · Neil Ansell · Charles Darwin

Published 18-May-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: archaeology, Ben Myers, birds, bramblings, Charles Darwin, John Tyndall, Mary Beard, recipes, religion, Shetland, wheatears
60 Degrees North

Book Review: ‘60 Degrees North’ by Malachy Tallack

Around the world in search of home.

Published 08-Oct-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: reading, reviews, Shetland
Kebister dig
Kebister dig, Shetland, 1985.

136 snail shells & a pint of shorts

As life events go, Shetland 1985 turned out to be right up there.

Published 20-Mar-2015
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: archaeology, reminiscences, science, Shetland, snails

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