Writing
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Tales of derring-don’t
I’m beginning to wonder whether I might inadvertently have begun to invent a new sub-genre of ‘nature writing’.
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Primroses v Wurlitzers
George Orwell on the simpler pleasures.
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Prize-winning author lost on Moor
When your instincts and your compass disagree, trust your instincts. I mean your compass.
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Sebald’s TV listing
When you enter into Sebald’s universe, it seems to me, you have to play along.
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What I read in 2014
I read 36 books in 2014. This shows an uncharacteristic degree of consistency on my behalf.
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2014: a year in photos
My fourth annual video slideshow review of the year.
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Let’s go!
By the time he was my age, John Lennon had been dead for almost ten years.
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A new favourite place
A walk with an old friend on the Cumbrian coast.
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Autumn alignments
Our kitchen might not be of World Heritage Site calibre just yet, but each autumn there comes a reminder that our house sits on the same spinning rock as Stonehenge and Newgrange.
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Back-endish
How a mere week can make a big difference in the natural world.
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The best camera
My point-and-shoot camera turned out to be the best camera in the world yesterday.
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Book review: ‘The Making of the Fittest’ by Sean B Carroll
DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.