Collected writings on Philip Larkin.
Reviews: Biography/Memoir
The ‘Wormingford’ series by Ronald Blythe
A magnificent ten-volume series of weekly diary-entries-cum-essays.
Book review: ‘Essays After Eighty’ by Donald Hall
A brilliant collection of mostly humorous essays from the late American poet.
Book review: ‘Thinking Again’ by Jan Morris
A second volume of gentle diary-entries-cum-essays.
Book review: ‘Greenery’ by Tim Dee
Journeys in Springtime.
Book review: ‘Turning the Boat for Home’ by Richard Mabey
A life writing about nature.
Book review: ‘Surfacing’ by Kathleen Jamie
A third collection of wonderful essays from my favourite writer.
Book review: ‘Stour Seasons’ by Ronald Blythe
Book 10 in the Wormingford series.
Book review: ‘Year of the Monkey’ by Patti Smith
Further quirky memoirs.
Book review: ‘Of Walking in Ice’ by Werner Herzog
A quest to save a friend.