Writing
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Book review: ‘Albert & the Whale’ by Philip Hoare
An eclectic biography.
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Book review: ‘Stasiland’ by Anna Funder
Stories from behind the Berlin Wall.
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Book review: ‘The Diversity of Life’ by Edward O. Wilson
On our most valuable but least appreciated resource.
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Limitations of the blog format
For some time now, I’ve been growing increasingly conscious of the limitations of the blog format in catering for the provisional nature of factual writing.
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Newsletter No. 25: ‘Painting the Forth Bridge’
On the undefinitiveness (I made that word up) of factual writing. Plus some cool links and book recommendations.
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Book review: ‘Writing to Learn’ by William Zinsser
The best way to find out if you understand something is to write about it.
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Book review: ‘The Art of Creative Nonfiction’ by Lee Gutkind
Writing and selling the literature of reality.
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Book review: ‘A Year Unfolding’ by Angela Harding
Ever since, at school, I made a crappy linocut of Tony the Tiger, copied from the front of a box of Kellogg’s Frosties, I’ve been a fan of the format. Linocuts, I mean; not cereal boxes. It’s one of those things the frustrated visual artist in me keeps saying he’d like to have another go…
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Reading more eclectically
The more eclectically you read, the better your chances of making unexpected connections between different topics.
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2021: a year in photos
My eleventh annual video slideshow.
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Book review: ‘Birdsong in a Time of Silence’ by Steven Lovatt
A celebration of birdsong during a pandemic.