Writing
Filter writing: Sidelines (blog) • Newsletters • Reviews
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Book review: ‘Kindred’ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
An introduction to our formerly maligned cousins.
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Book review: ‘The Bonniest Companie’ by Kathleen Jamie
A wonderful collection of poems.
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Charles Darwin’s note-making system
An exploration of how Darwin kept track of his various notes, enabling him to produce a huge body of work.
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My notes ‘tagsonomy’
An overly nerdish description of the taxonomy I use to classify my various notes.
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On the rocks
What I saw sitting on my favourite rock.
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Grampus
A thrilling encounter on one of my favourite walks along the north Anglesey coast.
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Sitting on a rock with a brew, gazing out to sea
There are important elements of writing that feel like skiving.
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Winter emigrants—for the time being
Swallows aren’t summer migrants; they’re winter emigrants.
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A healthy assortment of raptors
A walk on the Moor.
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Stanage Edge
A walk in Derbyshire.
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A lesson in paying attention
Engaging with a Renaissance masterpiece.
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My unplanned archives
Collections of informally documented stuff have become my archives of sorts.