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Comfort books
A conversation with a friend about the books that have brought us comfort over the years.
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2020: a year in photos
My tenth annual video slideshow.
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Book review: ‘The Murdstone Trilogy’ by Mal Peet
Funny, daft and a bit scary (to some).
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27 December 2020
The offcumden squirrels have been making nuisances of themselves again.
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Book review: ‘Empire Antarctica’ by Gavin Francis
Ice, silence and emperor penguins.
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End of a streak
My 32-year streak climbing the same hill in North Wales on Christmas Eve has come to an end. 😕
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22 December 2020
Venus and an owl.
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17 December 2020
Spectacular winter light, and a brace of deer.
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11 December 2020
The early winter weather has been changeable to say the least.
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Book review: ‘Life, Love and the Archers’ by Wendy Cope
Recollections, reviews and other prose.
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Book review: ‘W.G. Sebald’ by Uwe Schütte
The writer and his work.
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Book review: ‘Coda’ by Simon Gray
Vol. 4 of ‘The Smoking Diaries’.