Writing
Filter writing: Sidelines (blog) • Newsletters • Reviews
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Book review: ‘Keep Going’ by Austin Kleon
Ten ways to stay creative in good times and bad.
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Book review: ‘Show Your Work’ by Austin Kleon
Ten ways to share your creativity and get discovered.
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28 February 2021
Late February seems to have decided it’s April.
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Book review: ‘A Writer’s Day-Book’ by Ronald Blythe
Essays about books and authors.
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Book review: ‘Bento’s Sketchbook’ by John Berger
A compelling mix of journal, reminiscences, sketches, and art theory.
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Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe
A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
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No longer rocket science
A Zoom lecture makes me yearn for the golden days of blogging.
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21 February 2021
The annual February pre-spring clean of our blue tit nest-box.
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Newsletter No. 21: ‘Positively sluggish’
Richard Mabey • Tim Dee • Mark Cocker • Amy Liptrot • Kathleen Jamie • Patti Smith • Alan Bennett • Melissa Harrison • Urban Birder • Patrick Wright • Clive James • and more…
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14 February 2021
I’ve generally had quite enough of winter, come February.
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Keeping in touch
Who would have thought video-calls would become such an important way of keeping in touch?
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Book review: ‘Lines in the Sand’ by A.A. Gill
Collected journalism.