Newsletter
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Rich Text newsletter No. 36: ‘Such an ugly looking baby’
A startling personal revelation • an ugly baby • a bad pun about crossword puzzles • some sound advice from Kathleen Jamie, and all the usual links and book reviews.
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Rich Text newsletter No. 35: ‘Downside-up moon’
Astonishing facts about the moon • Samuel Pepys • the wood wide web • an ancient world map • women’s bits • Bic ballpoints • extinction of large species • book reviews • and more.
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Rich Text newsletter No. 34: ‘Out-of-date before I’d written a word’
Seaweed science • landscape philosophy • the Anthropocene that isn’t • Fred Hoyle • Einstein in a hut • sword evolution • early medieval funerary rituals • spookily timely social media posts • and more…
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Rich Text newsletter No. 33: ‘Pottering with pen and paper’
On failing to write in notebooks. Plus all the usual links and book recommendations.
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Rich Text newsletter No. 32: ‘Gannets’ nostrils’
gannets • goitres • chestnut blights • gold in glass • Holy Roman Empire • barnacles • magnetism • aliens • wood-wide web • Mark Cocker • thoughts on writing • Ronald Blythe • and more…
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Newsletter No. 31: ‘When nice old ladies wave’
Crossing paths with the queen · medieval books · palimpsests · pelicans · prehistoric forests · runways · light pollution · Stendhal · spiders · Musk · and more…
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Rich Text 31: Bonus Links
Some stuff there wasn’t space for in my Rich Text newsletter No. 31.
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Newsletter No. 30: ‘Ming’
Fabulous birds · Rebecca Solnit · Webb Space Telescope · Stonehenge · book reviews · cutting some crap · and more…
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Rich Text 30: Bonus Links
Some stuff there wasn’t space for in my Rich Text newsletter No. 30.
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Newsletter No. 29: ‘An inspiration’
David Hockney • starling murmurations • ancient scripts • wet plate photography • Amy Liptrot • Black Death! • book reviews
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Rich Text 29: Bonus Links
Some stuff there wasn’t space for in my Rich Text newsletter No. 29.
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Newsletter No. 28: ‘Breaking my golden rule’
Thoughts on nature writing · Richard Feynman · Vikings! · Bronze Age diets · recovered daguerreotypes · transit of Phobos · Alice Roberts · Cal Flyn