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Reviews: Biography/Memoir

Ravilious & Co.

Book review: ‘Ravilious & Co.’ by Andy Friend

The pattern of friendship.

Published 06-Jan-2018
‘In the Artist’s Garden’ by Ronald Blythe

Book review: ‘In the Artist’s Garden’ by Ronald Blythe

Book 9 in the Wormingford series.

Published 08-Aug-2017
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: ronald blythe, wormingford series
‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard

Book review: ‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard

An eclectic mix of science, nature and memoir.

Published 08-Aug-2017
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing, Science Tags: annie-dillard
‘The Writing Life’ by Annie Dillard

Book review: ‘The Writing Life’ by Annie Dillard

Definitely not a writing guide.

Published 30-Jun-2017
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: annie-dillard
‘Life, Love and The Archers’ by Wendy Cope

Book review: ‘Life, Love and the Archers’ by Wendy Cope

Recollections, reviews and other prose.

Published 26-Feb-2016

Book review: ‘The Outrun’ by Amy Liptrot

Recovering from addiction in the far north.

Published 26-Feb-2016
‘M Train’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘M Train’ by Patti Smith

A fascinating exercise in ‘writing about nothing’.

Published 11-Nov-2015
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Sebaldian Tags: patti smith

Book review: ‘Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives’ by Mr Frank Key

A medium-sized mass of potted nonsense.

Published 11-Nov-2015

Book Review: ‘Threads’ by Julia Blackburn

The Delicate Life of John Craske.

Published 11-Nov-2015

Book review: ‘A Book of Silence’ by Sara Maitland

A journey is search of the pleasure and powers of silence.

Published 03-Feb-2015

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On the Moor

On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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