Essays
Reviews of books of essays and opinion pieces.
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Book review: ‘The Writing Life’ by Annie Dillard
Definitely not a writing guide.
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Book review: ‘Thinking Again’ by Jan Morris
A second volume of gentle diary-entries-cum-essays.
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Book review: ‘Essays After Eighty’ by Donald Hall
A brilliant collection of mostly humorous essays from the late American poet.
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Book review: ‘How to be Right’ by James O’Brien
How to be right in a world gone wrong.
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Book review: ‘Aftermath’ by Ronald Blythe
Selected writings, 1960–2010.
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Book review: ‘Surfacing’ by Kathleen Jamie
A third collection of wonderful essays from my favourite writer.
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Book review: ‘A Claxton Diary’ by Mark Cocker
Further field notes from a small planet.
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Book review: ‘First You Write a Sentence’ by Joe Moran
The elements of reading, writing… and life.
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Book review: ‘Sightlines’ by Kathleen Jamie
A second volume of superb ‘nature writing’.
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Book review: ‘Findings’ by Kathleen Jamie
Nature writing from the other side of the fence.
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Book review: ‘Draft No. 4’ by John McPhee
Essays on factual writing.
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Book review: ‘In My Mind’s Eye’ by Jan Morris
A thought diary.