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‘Men Explain Things to Me’ by Rebecca Solnit

Book review: ‘Men Explain Things to Me’ by Rebecca Solnit

Essays on feminism for everyone.

Published 27-Dec-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘Proto’ by Laura Spinney

Book review: ‘Proto’ by Laura Spinney

How one ancient language went global.

Published 01-Aug-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture, History, Science Tags: reviews
‘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
‘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 Celts’ by Alice Roberts

Book review: ‘The Celts’ by Alice Roberts

Searching for a civilisation.

Published 12-May-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture, History, Science Tags: alice roberts, reviews
‘Photography: a very short introduction’ by Steve Edwards

Book review: ‘Photography: a very short introduction’ by Steve Edwards

Thoughts on important photographic topics.

Published 03-May-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘See/Saw’ by Geoff Dyer

Book review: ‘See/Saw’ by Geoff Dyer

Looking at photographs.

Published 03-May-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘The Essays: a selection’ by Michel de Montaigne

Book review: ‘The Essays: a selection’ by Michel de Montaigne

Classic personal essays from the man who established the genre.

Published 20-Mar-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘The View in Winter’ by Ronald Blythe

Book review: ‘The View in Winter’ by Ronald Blythe

Reflections on old age.

Published 21-Feb-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture Tags: ageing, 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

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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.”
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