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Reviews: Biography/Memoir

‘Enough Said’ by Alan Bennett

Book Review: ‘Enough Said’ by Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett’s fourth volume of diaries.

Published 05-Apr-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: reviews
‘A Year with Gilbert White’ by Jenny Uglow

Book review: ‘A Year with Gilbert White’ by Jenny Uglow

A year in the life of the revered eighteenth-century country curate and naturalist Gilbert White

Published 16-Mar-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘Unclassified - a Walker Evans anthology’

Book review: ‘Unclassified: a Walker Evans anthology’

Extracts from the celebrated photographer’s archive.

Published 16-Mar-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: reviews
‘Bread of Angels’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘Bread of Angels’ by Patti Smith

A memoir.

Published 17-Feb-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: patti smith, reviews
‘The Way of the Hermit’ by Ken Smith

Book review: ‘The Way of the Hermit’ by Ken Smith

40 years in the Scottish wilderness.

Published 17-Feb-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘I Remember’ by Joe Brainard

Book review: ‘I Remember’ by Joe Brainard

A short memoir of random recollections.

Published 27-Dec-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
‘Jesus Christ Kinski’ by Benjamin Myers

Book review: ‘Jesus Christ Kinski’ by Benjamin Myers

A novel about a film about a performance about Jesus.

Published 10-Nov-2025
‘The Red Tenda of Bologna’ by John Berger

Book review: ‘The Red Tenda of Bologna’ by John Berger

A short memoir-cum-essay on the city of Bologna and an enigmatic uncle.

Published 08-Oct-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Travel Tags: reviews
‘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

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