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Writing tagged: ‘reviews’

‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen

More of the same from Jane.

Published 04-Jan-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
‘I Remember’ by Joe Brainard

Book review: ‘I Remember’ by Joe Brainard

A short memoir of random recollections.

Published 27-Dec-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
‘No Straight Road Takes You There’ by Rebecca Solnit

Book review: ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’ by Rebecca Solnit

Don’t be put off trying to make a better world… Keep going!

Published 27-Dec-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘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
‘The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem’ by Jeremy Noel-Tod

Book review: ‘The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem’ by Jeremy Noel-Tod

An anthology of poems without line breaks.

Published 19-Oct-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Poetry Tags: poetry, reviews
‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ by Simon Armitage

Book review: ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ by Simon Armitage

An excellent alliterative translation of a medieval masterpiece.

Published 08-Oct-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Poetry Tags: reviews
‘The Shortest History of Italy’ by Ross King

Book review: ‘The Shortest History of Italy’ by Ross King

An excellent short history of an excellent country.

Published 08-Oct-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: History Tags: reviews
‘The Red Tenda of Bologna’ by John Berger

Book review: ‘The Red Tenda of Bologna’ by John Berger

A short memoir-cum-essay on the city of Bologna and an enigmatic uncle.

Published 08-Oct-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Travel Tags: reviews
‘The Gold Machine’ by Iain Sinclair

Book review: ‘The Gold Machine’ by Iain Sinclair

Tracking the ancestors from Highlands to coffee colony

Published 29-Aug-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Travel Tags: reviews
‘Bibliomaniac’ by Robin Ince

Book review: ‘Bibliomaniac’ by Robin Ince

Writer and comedian tours 104 bookshops, buying far too many books as he does so.

Published 17-Aug-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Travel Tags: reviews

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