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Writing tagged: ‘W.G. Sebald’

Newsletter No. 18: 169 in giraffe-years

Dipper

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

Book review: ‘Heligoland’ by Jan Rüger

‘Heligoland’ by Jan Ruger

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

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

Newsletter No. 11: Penguin eggs and yetis

Browne
Thomas Browne

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

Newsletter No. 7: Hacked and hurt by time

Now remind me… Which one of us absolutely insisted on going for a walk, and which one of us thought to bring an umbrella?

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

Newsletter No. 6: A borrowed dog

Millie

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

Newsletter No. 1: Kudos to youdos

Spoonbills
Spoonbills, little egret, grey herons and Canada geese

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

Book review: ‘M Train’ by Patti Smith

‘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

The seahorse and the pelican

Thierleben frontispiece
Frontispiece from a reprint volume of the second edition of Brehms Thierleben (Image: Wikipedia)

How a passage from W.G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn might give a clue to some family history.

Published 17-Jul-2015
Filed under: Writing Tags: reminiscences, Robert Graves, W.G. Sebald

Venice: a model for car-free living?

Walking the dog, Venice

It is entirely possible, it turns out, for a city to function without cars and vans and lorries. Who would have thought it? But is it practical?

Published 23-Apr-2015
Filed under: Writing Tags: environment, Italy, W.G. Sebald

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