Writing tagged: ‘reviews’
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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: ‘Map of a Nation’ by Rachel Hewitt
A biography of the early Ordnance Survey.
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Book review: ‘Proto’ by Laura Spinney
How one ancient language went global.
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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: ‘The Genetic Book of the Dead’ by Richard Dawkins
A Darwinian reverie.
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Book review: ‘Is a River Alive?’ by Robert Macfarlane
Rivers as living entities: preposterous animism or a useful metaphor?
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Book review: ‘Lifelines’ by Julian Hoffman
Searching for home in the mountains of Greece.