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Reviews: Biography/Memoir

‘The Gold Machine’ by Iain Sinclair

Book review: ‘The Gold Machine’ by Iain Sinclair

Tracking the ancestors from Highlands to coffee colony

Published 29-Aug-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Travel Tags: reviews
‘Bibliomaniac’ by Robin Ince

Book review: ‘Bibliomaniac’ by Robin Ince

Writer and comedian tours 104 bookshops, buying far too many books as he does so.

Published 17-Aug-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Travel Tags: reviews
‘Map of a Nation’ by Rachel Hewitt

Book review: ‘Map of a Nation’ by Rachel Hewitt

A biography of the early Ordnance Survey.

Published 01-Aug-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science
‘Required writing’ by Philip Larkin

Book review: ‘Required Writing’ by Philip Larkin

Required reading.

Published 24-Jul-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: reviews
‘The Best of Me’ by David Sedaris

Book review: ‘The Best of Me’ by David Sedaris

Humorous memoir anthology.

Published 26-Jun-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
‘Base Notes’ by Adelle Stripe

Book review: ‘Base Notes’ by Adelle Stripe

A tender, frank and funny memoir.

Published 26-Jun-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
‘In the Dark Room’ by Brian Dillon

Book review: ‘In the Dark Room’ by Brian Dillon

A memoir on memory, loss, heirlooms, places, photographs and other remnants.

Published 26-Jun-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
‘Lifelines’ by Julian Hoffman

Book review: ‘Lifelines’ by Julian Hoffman

Searching for home in the mountains of Greece.

Published 18-May-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, History, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, volume 5’

Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, volume 5’

A final volume of diaries, covering a momentous time in British and European history.

Published 07-Feb-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, History Tags: reviews, virginia woolf
Book review: ‘Blythe Spirit’ by Ian Collins

Book review: ‘Blythe Spirit’ by Ian Collins

The remarkable life of Ronald Blythe.

Published 29-Jan-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews, ronald blythe

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