Writing
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No cause for alarm
Don’t worry: I haven’t been taken seriously ill; I’ve just updated my profile photo.
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Dream advice
Writing advice from an oneiric avatar.
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Book review: ‘The Gold Machine’ by Iain Sinclair
Tracking the ancestors from Highlands to coffee colony.
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Book review: ‘Bibliomaniac’ by Robin Ince
Writer and comedian tours 104 bookshops, buying far too many books as he does so.
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Book review: ‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore
A grand vision brought down by commercial interests.
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Book review: ‘Map of a Nation’ by Rachel Hewitt
A biography of the early Ordnance Survey.
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Book review: ‘Proto’ by Laura Spinney
How one ancient language went global.
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Book review: ‘Required Writing’ by Philip Larkin
Required reading.
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Book review: ‘The Best of Me’ by David Sedaris
Humorous memoir anthology.
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Book review: ‘Base Notes’ by Adelle Stripe
A tender, frank and funny memoir.
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Book review: ‘In the Dark Room’ by Brian Dillon
A memoir on memory, loss, heirlooms, places, photographs and other remnants.