Writing

Sheffield

A trip to South Yorkshire.
Hull

A trip to the East Riding, and into the Deep.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 30 • 1882’

The end of a magnificent era.
Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, vol. 4 • 1931-35’

Working on ‘The Years’, taking trips abroad, and losing a few old friends.
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…
Peak District

A trip to Buxton and Dovedale.
Northern Lights (at last!)

After years of hopeful, ultimately disappointing nighttime trips out to the compost heap… FINALLY!
Book review: ‘Why We Read’ by Josephine Greywoode (ed.)

Seventy writers on factual writing.
Anglesey 2024

Our annual September trip to Anglesey.
Bat-shit crazy corvid hypothesis #2

In which I spot a jackdaw doing something pretty odd, and just can’t help myself.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 28 • 1880’

Publishing on plant movement • researching earthworms • trying to get a civil pension for a friend • turning down an invitation from the Archbishop of Canterbury • and lots more…
Book review: ‘The Shortest History of Europe’ by John Hirst

An entertaining whistle-stop overview of European history.