Essays
Reviews of books of essays and opinion pieces.
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Book review: ‘Keep Going’ by Austin Kleon
Ten ways to stay creative in good times and bad.
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Book review: ‘Show Your Work’ by Austin Kleon
Ten ways to share your creativity and get discovered.
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Book review: ‘A Writer’s Day-Book’ by Ronald Blythe
Essays about books and authors.
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Book review: ‘Bento’s Sketchbook’ by John Berger
A compelling mix of journal, reminiscences, sketches, and art theory.
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Book review: ‘Lines in the Sand’ by A.A. Gill
Collected journalism.
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Book review: ‘All Points North’ by Simon Armitage
Humorous memoir from the future Poet Laureate.
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Book review: ‘The Fire of Joy’ by Clive James
Roughly eighty poems to get by heart and say aloud.
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Book review: ‘Life, Love and the Archers’ by Wendy Cope
Recollections, reviews and other prose.
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Book review: ‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Reflections in natural history.
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Book review: ‘The Arvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction’ by Sally Cline & Midge Gillies
Writing about Travel, Nature, Food, Feminism, History, Science, Death, Friendship and Sexuality.
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Book review: ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ by Rebecca Solnit
Getting lost as a way to finding yourself.
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Book review: ‘Somewhere Becoming Rain’ by Clive James
Collected writings on Philip Larkin.