Writing
Filter writing: Sidelines (blog) • Newsletters • Reviews
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Book review: ‘Blythe Spirit’ by Ian Collins
The remarkable life of Ronald Blythe.
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Book review: ‘Stoicism: a very short introduction’ by Brad Inwood
A useful guide to an ancient philosophy.
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Book review: ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen
More unromantic romantic intrigue.
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2024: a year in photos
My fourteenth annual video slideshow.
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Book review: ‘Wonder’ by Ana Sampson (ed.)
The Natural History Museum poetry book.
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Book review: ‘London Review of Books: an incomplete history’
A profusely illustrated coffee-table tome.
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The end of my ‘Daily Darwin’ binge-read
A 23-month daily reading of Charles Darwin’s correspondence.
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Sheffield
A trip to South Yorkshire.
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Hull
A trip to the East Riding, and into the Deep.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 30 • 1882’
The end of a magnificent era.
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Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, vol. 4 • 1931-35’
Working on ‘The Years’, taking trips abroad, and losing a few old friends.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 29 • 1881’
Publishing on earthworms • a pension for Wallace • death of a brother • feeling his age • and lots more…