Writing tagged: ‘Ben Myers’
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Book review: ‘Jesus Christ Kinski’ by Benjamin Myers
A novel about a film about a performance about Jesus.
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Book review: ‘Cuddy’ by Benjamin Myers
Something akin to a multi-media experience, mixing poetry, prayer, play-script, journal entries, and prose.
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Newsletter No. 19: ‘Comfort Reading’
Melissa Harrison • Tim Dee • Horatio Clare • John Mitchinson • Ronald Blythe • Mary Beard • Benjamin Myers • Zack Arias • Eric Newby • greenland sharks • Maunsell forts • England rugby • Charles Darwin (obviously) • and more…
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Newsletter No. 14: ‘The terror Carter’s warriors’
Liverpool • Chinese warriors • Ben Myers • shoes on wires • Patti Smith • Wuthering Heights • stratigraphy • astronomy • ancient DNA • storm petrels • LIMONCELLO ICE CREAM!! • and more…
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Newsletter No. 13: ‘Bramblings!’
Bramblings • wheatears • Mary Beard • Beaker folk • Meera Sodha • recipes • John Tyndall • Eunice Foote • religion • Ben Myers • Austin Kleon • Walter Benjamin • giant sloths • Shetland • Neil Ansell • Charles Darwin • and more…
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Newsletter No. 6: ‘A borrowed dog’
Woodpeckers • ambrotype portraits • W.G. Sebald • a deserted hamlet • mission creep • prime meridians • W.H. Hudson • podcasts • street photography • bonkers • tapirs • coiners • and more…
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Book review: ‘The Gallows Pole’ by Benjamin Myers
18th-century Yorkshire meets the Sopranos: intrigue, betrayal, murder, and revenge in the Calder Valley.
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Newsletter No. 5: ‘Incongruous owl’
Dawn chorus • Simon Armitage • the invention of the telescope • huge, sprawling collaborations • Withnail & I • book smells • re-assembling Darwin’s research notes • converting walks into words • Daniel Dennett • writing letters • humanist politics • dentistry with stone tools • analysing penguin poo • Melissa Harrison • Robert Macfarlane • swallows • and more…
