Writing

Book review: ‘The Celts’ by Alice Roberts

Searching for a civilisation.
Book review: ‘Under a Metal Sky’ by Philip Marsden

A journey through minerals, greed and wonder.
Book review: ‘Photography: a very short introduction’ by Steve Edwards

Thoughts on important photographic topics.
Book review: ‘See/Saw’ by Geoff Dyer

Looking at photographs.
Adapting to a new camera

How a new camera enforced a new approach, and brought unexpected delight.
Rich Text newsletter No. 36: ‘Such an ugly looking baby’

A startling personal revelation • an ugly baby • a bad pun about crossword puzzles • some sound advice from Kathleen Jamie, and all the usual links and book reviews.
Wheezy calls

An encounter with some delightful birds.
Making predictions

Chalk another one up for science!
Book review: ‘The Essays: a selection’ by Michel de Montaigne

Classic personal essays from the man who established the genre.
Book review: ‘The Keelie Hawk’ by Kathleen Jamie

Poems in Scots.
Book review: ‘The Ongoing Moment’ by Geoff Dyer

A book about photography.
Book review: ‘Camera Lucida’ by Roland Barthes

A grandiloquent analysis of our most accessible means of visual representation, the photograph.