Writing
Filter writing: Sidelines (blog) • Newsletters • Reviews
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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.
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Newsletter No. 30: ‘Ming’
Fabulous birds • Rebecca Solnit • Webb Space Telescope • Stonehenge • book reviews • cutting some crap • and more…
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Rich Text 30: Bonus Links
Some stuff there wasn’t space for in my Rich Text newsletter No. 30.
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Book review: ‘Wanderers’ by Kerri Andrews
A history of women walking.
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Book review: ‘Sense and Sensibility’ by Jane Austen
Like Jeeves and Wooster without all the ‘What-ho?!’s.
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Descent into violins
The best essayists use seemingly trivial, original examples to illustrate recurring themes of personal importance.
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Converting my notes into a chapter
How I used my note-making system to research and write a chapter of my Darwin book.
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Lady Amherst’s pheasant
A rare bird visits our garden.
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Bempton
More than just gannets…
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Newsletter No. 29: ‘An inspiration’
David Hockney • starling murmurations • ancient scripts • wet plate photography • Amy Liptrot • Black Death! • book reviews
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Rich Text 29: Bonus Links
Some stuff there wasn’t space for in my Rich Text newsletter No. 29.