People
Reviews of biographies, autobiographies, correspondence, memoirs, and other ‘life writing’.
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Book review: ‘Bibliomaniac’ by Robin Ince
Writer and comedian tours 104 bookshops, buying far too many books as he does so.
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Book review: ‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore
A grand vision brought down by commercial interests.
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Book review: ‘Required Writing’ by Philip Larkin
Required reading.
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Book review: ‘The Best of Me’ by David Sedaris
Humorous memoir anthology.
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Book review: ‘Base Notes’ by Adelle Stripe
A tender, frank and funny memoir.
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Book review: ‘In the Dark Room’ by Brian Dillon
A memoir on memory, loss, heirlooms, places, photographs and other remnants.
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Book review: ‘Lifelines’ by Julian Hoffman
Searching for home in the mountains of Greece.
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Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, volume 5’
A final volume of diaries, covering a momentous time in British and European history.
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Book review: ‘Blythe Spirit’ by Ian Collins
The remarkable life of Ronald Blythe.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 30 • 1882’
The end of a magnificent era.
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Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, vol. 4 • 1931-35’
Working on ‘The Years’, taking trips abroad, and losing a few old friends.