Writing

Book review: ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King

A memoir of the craft,
‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf

Streams of consciousness in the Hebrides.
Book review: ‘Congenial Spirits’ by Virginia Woolf

The selected letters of Virginia Woolf.
Book review: ‘Keep Going’ by Austin Kleon

Ten ways to stay creative in good times and bad.
Book review: ‘Show Your Work’ by Austin Kleon

Ten ways to share your creativity and get discovered.
28 February 2021

Late February seems to have decided it’s April.
Book review: ‘A Writer’s Day-Book’ by Ronald Blythe

Essays about books and authors.
Book review: ‘Bento’s Sketchbook’ by John Berger

A compelling mix of journal, reminiscences, sketches, and art theory.
Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe

A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
No longer rocket science

A Zoom lecture makes me yearn for the golden days of blogging.
21 February 2021

The annual February pre-spring clean of our blue tit nest-box.
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…