Writing tagged: ‘Rebecca Solnit’
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Newsletter No. 31: ‘When nice old ladies wave’
Crossing paths with the queen · medieval books · palimpsests · pelicans · prehistoric forests · runways · light pollution · Stendhal · spiders · Musk · and more…
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Book review: ‘Orwell’s Roses‘ by Rebecca Solnit
Pleasure, truth, and roses.
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Newsletter No. 30: ‘Ming’
Fabulous birds · Rebecca Solnit · Webb Space Telescope · Stonehenge · book reviews · cutting some crap · and more…
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Descent into violins
The best essayists use seemingly trivial, original examples to illustrate recurring themes of personal importance.
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Newsletter No. 24: ‘Unclassifiable’
W.G. Sebald · Jan Morris · Jonathan Meades · prehistoric megafauna · Rebecca Solnit · complex numbers · Vikings! · Richard Mabey · Jeff Young · Horatio Clare · chess · Charles Darwin (obviously)
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Book review: ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ by Rebecca Solnit
Getting lost as a way to finding yourself.
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Book review: ‘The Faraway Nearby’ by Rebecca Solnit
A curiously compelling mix of memoir and anti-memoir.
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Newsletter No. 4: ‘Paint to pufferfish’
Robert Macfarlane · Hilary Mantel · Martha Sprackland · Viking wool · Charles Darwin’s reading habits · human evolution · praying to Elrond · drawing · making ink · Rebecca Solnit · insectivorous plants · do pufferfish hold their breath?
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Newsletter No. 2: ‘Glorified monkeys’
Anglesey · lost exploration craft rediscovered · writing advice from Rebecca Solnit · volcanic sunsets · Ted Hughes · typographical tips · a strange way to estimate π · Dull Men’s Club · street photography · free speech · Alexander von Humboldt
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Book review: ‘Wanderlust’ by Rebecca Solnit
A history of walking.