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Book review: ‘Illuminations’ by Walter Benjamin
An eclectic collection of high-brow essays.
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Book review: ‘Suppose a Sentence’ by Brian Dillon
Essays on single sentences.
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Book review: ‘Essayism’ by Brian Dillon
A celebration of the essay.
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18 April 2021
My great-niece (age 6) finds a fossil.
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17 April 2021
In search of wrens.
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11 April 2021
Snow and bluebells
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Book review: ‘The Circling Sky’ by Neil Ansell
On nature and belonging in an ancient forest.
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10 April 2021
A spot of nature waiting.
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9 April 2021
A walk along Blackstone Edge.
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8 April 2021
A walk round Withens Clough reservoir.
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6 April 2021
Buzzards and blizzards.
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Newsletter No. 22: ‘His glib, beardless chops’
Insensitive teenager · Helen Macdonald · Patrick Barkham · Richard Mabey · Julian Hoffman · photography · Mars · Christina Riley · icebergs · bowling alleys · cassette tapes · Richard Thompson · Antikythera mechanism · and more…