A useful guide to an ancient philosophy.
Reviews: Culture
Book review: ‘London Review of Books: an incomplete history’
A profusely illustrated coffee-table tome.
Book review: ‘Why We Read’ by Josephine Greywoode (ed.)
Seventy writers on factual writing.
Book review: ‘Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World’ by Barry Lopez
A thoughtfully observed posthumous collection of essays.
Book review: ‘The Fran Lebowitz Reader’
Humorous journalism.
Book review: ‘W. G. Sebald in Context’ by Uwe Schütte (ed.)
A fascinating collection of academic essays about Sebald’s life, work and influences
Book review: ‘The Notebook’ by Roland Allen
A history of thinking on paper.
Book review: ‘The World-Ending Fire‘ by Wendell Berry
The essential Wendell Berry
Book Review: ‘Writing Tools’ by Roy Peter Clark
An excellent collection of writing advice.
Book review: ‘Affinities’ by Brian Dillon
Exploring our relationships with images.