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Reviews: Culture
Book review: ‘A Book Of Days’ by Patti Smith
Words and images from an inspirational artist.
Book Review: ‘The Creative Act’ by Rick Rubin
A way of being.
Book review: ‘Northerners‘ by Brian Groom
A history of Northern England from the Ice Age to the present day.
Book review: ‘Orwell’s Roses‘ by Rebecca Solnit
Pleasure, truth, and roses.
Book review: ‘The Northern Question’ by Tom Hazeldine
British politics and the North-South divide.
Book review: ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem‘ by Joan Didion
Counter-cultural journalism from the Swinging Sixties.
Book review: ‘Writing to Learn’ by William Zinsser
The best way to find out if you understand something is to write about it.
Book review: ‘The Art of Creative Nonfiction’ by Lee Gutkind
Writing and selling the literature of reality.
Book review: ‘Pedro and Ricky Come Again’ by Jonathan Meades
Selected Writing 1988-2020.