A useful guide to an ancient philosophy.
Writing tagged: ‘reviews’
Book Review: ‘Every Man for Himself and God Against All’ by Werner Herzog
A memoir.
Book review: ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen
More unromantic romantic intrigue.
Book review: ‘Wonder’ by Ana Sampson (ed.)
The Natural History Museum poetry book.
Book review: ‘London Review of Books: an incomplete history’
A profusely illustrated coffee-table tome.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 30 • 1882’
The end of a magnificent era.
Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, vol. 4 • 1931-35’
Working on ‘The Years’, taking trips abroad, and losing a few old friends.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 29 • 1881’
Publishing on earthworms • a pension for Wallace • death of a brother • feeling his age • and lots more…
Book review: ‘Why We Read’ by Josephine Greywoode (ed.)
Seventy writers on factual writing.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 28 • 1880’
Publishing on plant movement • researching earthworms • trying to get a civil pension for a friend • turning down an invitation from the Archbishop of Canterbury • and lots more…