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Writing tagged: ‘W.G. Sebald’

‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

File under ‘Sebaldian’.

Published 24-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction, History, Nature & Place, People Tags: reviews, W.G. Sebald
‘The Emigrants’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘The Emigrants’ by W.G. Sebald

File under ‘Sebaldian’.

Published 24-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction, History, People Tags: reviews, W.G. Sebald
‘The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century’ by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Book review: ‘The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century’ by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Looking at the world through the eyes of a 17th-century polymath.

Published 19-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: People, Science Tags: reviews, Stephen Jay Gould, Thomas Browne, W.G. Sebald
‘Spike Island’ by Philip Hoare

Book review: ‘Spike Island’ by Philip Hoare

The memory of a military hospital.

Published 01-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People Tags: Philip Hoare, reviews, W.G. Sebald
‘Across the Land and the Water’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Across the Land and the Water’ by W.G. Sebald

Selected poems, 1964–2001.

Published 14-Jun-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Poetry Tags: reviews, W.G. Sebald
Dipper

Newsletter No. 18: ‘169 in giraffe-years’

Julian Hoffman · CGP Grey · WG Sebald · Kathleen Jamie · Tim Dee · LRB · Alan Bennett · Caught by the River

Published 04-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alan Bennett, Amy Liptrot, Backlisted podcast, Darwin book, Julian Hoffman, Kathleen Jamie, LRB, Roger Deakin, Tim Dee, W.G. Sebald
‘Heligoland’ by Jan Ruger

Book review: ‘Heligoland’ by Jan Rüger

Britain, Germany, and the struggle for the North Sea.

Published 30-Apr-2018
Filed under: Writing Genres: History Tags: reviews, W.G. Sebald
Thomas Browne

Newsletter No. 11: ‘Penguin eggs and yetis’

Sir Thomas Browne · Saturn · penguin eggs · heroes of science · evolution of languages · nature books · dna barcoding · periodic table · Alice Roberts · geology

Published 02-Dec-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, Charles Darwin, dna, geology, GrrlScientist, language, On the Moor (book), prehistory, Stephen Jay Gould, Thomas Browne, Thony Christie, W.G. Sebald
Millie & Me

Newsletter No. 7: ‘Hacked and hurt by time’

John Tyndall · Galápagos cormorants · why English is so odd · Thoreau & Darwin · anthropological discoveries · mass-extinction hyperbole · WG Sebald · yellow rattle · Inigo Thomas · Mars exploration

Published 30-Jun-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Henry David Thoreau, history of science, W.G. Sebald
Millie

Newsletter No. 6: ‘A borrowed dog’

woodpeckers · ambrotype portraits · W.G. Sebald · a deserted hamlet · mission creep · prime meridians · W.H. Hudson · podcasts · street photography · bonkers · tapirs · coiners

Published 28-May-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Ben Myers, birds, dogs, photography, podcasts, W.G. Sebald
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

Book Review: ‘Threads’ by Julia Blackburn

The Delicate Life of John Craske.

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

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