Letters to and from Darwin in the immediate aftermath of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.
Reviews: Biography/Memoir
Book review: ‘W.G. Sebald’ by Uwe Schütte
The writer and his work.
Book review: ‘Draft No. 4’ by John McPhee
Essays on factual writing.
Book review: ‘In My Mind’s Eye’ by Jan Morris
A thought diary.
Book review: ‘Ravilious & Co.’ by Andy Friend
The pattern of friendship.
Book review: ‘In the Artist’s Garden’ by Ronald Blythe
Book 9 in the Wormingford series.
Book review: ‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard
An eclectic mix of science, nature and memoir.
Book review: ‘The Writing Life’ by Annie Dillard
Definitely not a writing guide.
Book review: ‘Life, Love and the Archers’ by Wendy Cope
Recollections, reviews and other prose.
Book review: ‘The Outrun’ by Amy Liptrot
Recovering from addiction in the far north.