Writing
Filter writing: Sidelines (blog) • Newsletters • Reviews
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Book Review: ‘Dead and Alive’ by Zadie Smith
A fantastic essay collection.
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Book Review: ‘The Given World’ by Melissa Harrison
Things go out of kilter in the Welm Valley.
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Book Review: ‘Vertigo’ by Harald Jähner
The rise and fall of Weimar Germany, 1918–1933.
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On the Rocks, April 2026
Some unexpected thrills sitting on what remains of my favourite Anglesey rock.
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Lichen timelapse
A project to take photographs of the same lichen over many years.
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When rocks take a walk
In which I follow the trail of an itinerant rock!
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Corresponding with Sir David Attenborough
In which the great science communicator fails to resolve an important dispute about fish.
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Book Review: ‘Vivian Maier Developed’ by Ann Marks
The unearthed biography of a lauded photographic nanny.
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Book Review: ‘Landscapes’ by John Berger
An excellent essay collection on art and culture.
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Read-later triage
How I filter my read-later bookmarks into notes, posts and newsletters.
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frant (v., n.)
Oystercatchers are in a permanent state of frant.
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Book Review: ‘Life Between the Tides’ by Adam Nicolson
In search of rockpools and other miracles.