Culture
Reviews about art and culture.
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Book review: ‘Illuminations’ by Walter Benjamin
An eclectic collection of high-brow essays.
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Book review: ‘How to Take Smart Notes’ by Sönke Ahrens
One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking: for students, academics and nonfiction book writers.
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Book review: ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King
Cult author Stephen King explains how he goes about writing his punchy prose. Not being a great fan of fiction, I’ve only ever read one of King’s novels—Misery, which was excellent—but the advice he imparts applies mostly as well to any genre of writing. A large proportion of this book is memoir, rather than writing…
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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: ‘W.G. Sebald’ by Uwe Schütte
The writer and his work.
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Book review: ‘Renegade’ by Mark E. Smith
The lives and tales of Mark E. Smith.
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Book review: ‘The Secret Life of Books’ by Tom Mole
Why they mean more than words.
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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: ‘First You Write a Sentence’ by Joe Moran
The elements of reading, writing… and life.
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Book review: ‘Draft No. 4’ by John McPhee
Essays on factual writing.
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Book review: ‘Unnatural Selection’ by Katrina van Grouw
Art meets science in this stunningly illustrated book.