Essays

Reviews of books of essays and opinion pieces.

Book review: ‘Women on Nature’ by Katherine Norbury (ed.)

100+ voices on place, landscape and the natural world.
Book review: ‘Illuminations’ by Walter Benjamin

An eclectic collection of high-brow essays.
Book review: ‘Suppose a Sentence’ by Brian Dillon

Essays on single sentences.
Book review: ‘Essayism’ by Brian Dillon

A celebration of the essay.
Book review: ‘Keep Going’ by Austin Kleon

Ten ways to stay creative in good times and bad.
Book review: ‘Show Your Work’ by Austin Kleon

Ten ways to share your creativity and get discovered.
Book review: ‘A Writer’s Day-Book’ by Ronald Blythe

Essays about books and authors.
Book review: ‘Bento’s Sketchbook’ by John Berger

A compelling mix of journal, reminiscences, sketches, and art theory.
Book review: ‘Lines in the Sand’ by A.A. Gill

Collected journalism.
Book review: ‘All Points North’ by Simon Armitage

Humorous memoir from the future Poet Laureate.
Book review: ‘The Fire of Joy’ by Clive James

Roughly eighty poems to get by heart and say aloud.
Book review: ‘Life, Love and the Archers’ by Wendy Cope

Recollections, reviews and other prose.