Writing
Filter writing: Sidelines (blog) • Newsletters • Reviews
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Newsletter No. 12: ‘Unspeakable things beneath the shrubs’
Mark E Smith • Alan Bennett • Carl Linnaeus • Ronald Blythe • human evolution • flu epidemics • Great Exhibition of the North • Charles Darwin • insects • introverts • Virginia Woolf • John Tyndall • and more…
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Book review: ‘The Last Wilderness’ by Neil Ansell
A journey into silence.
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Book review: ‘Ravilious & Co.’ by Andy Friend
The Pattern of Friendship.
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Book review: ‘The Dun Cow Rib’ by John Lister-Kaye
A very natural childhood.
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High tides and volant voles
An unplanned visit to the flooded Dee Marshes is rewarded with a wildlife spectacle.
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2017: a year in photos
My seventh annual video slideshow review of the year.
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Newsletter No. 11: ‘Penguin eggs and yetis’
Sir Thomas Browne • Saturn • penguin eggs • heroes of science • evolution of languages • nature books • dna barcoding • periodic table • Alice Roberts • geology and more…
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Newsletter No. 10: ‘Book launch’
Announcing the launch of my book ‘On the Moor: science, history and nature on a country walk’ 158 years to the day after the publication of Charles Darwin‘s ‘On the Origin of Species’!
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My book is finally out!
I’m delighted to announce the launch of my book ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’.
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The appearance of my child
This afternoon, I received my proof copy of ‘On the Moor’.
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Newsletter No. 9: ‘Teaser or spoiler?’
On the Moor • Zanzibar • container ships • giant ground sloth • Barry Lopez • indigenous people • Cambrian Explosion • Little Toller • Iain Sinclair • and more…
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Feedback sought: Potential covers for my book
I’ve been experimenting with some different cover designs for my book ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’, and would be interested in receiving any feedback you might have.