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Writing tagged: ‘reviews’

‘Camera Lucida’ by Roland Barthes

Book review: ‘Camera Lucida’ by Roland Barthes

A grandiloquent analysis of our most accessible means of visual representation, the photograph.

Published 03-Mar-2025
Filed under: Nonsense 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
‘Rare Singles’ by Benjamin Myers

Book review: ‘Rare Singles’ by Benjamin Myers

The come-back of a one-and-a-half-hit soul wonder.

Published 29-Jan-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Fiction Tags: ben myers, reviews
Book review: ‘Blythe Spirit’ by Ian Collins

Book review: ‘Blythe Spirit’ by Ian Collins

The remarkable life of Ronald Blythe.

Published 29-Jan-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews, ronald blythe
‘Stoicism: a very short introduction’ by Brad Inwood

Book review: ‘Stoicism: a very short introduction’ by Brad Inwood

A useful guide to an ancient philosophy.

Published 25-Jan-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture, History Tags: reviews
‘Every Man for Himself and God Against All’ by Werner Herzog

Book Review: ‘Every Man for Himself and God Against All’ by Werner Herzog

A memoir.

Published 18-Jan-2025
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Sebaldian Tags: reviews
‘Emma’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen

More unromantic romantic intrigue.

Published 03-Jan-2025
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
Wonder: the Natural History Museum poetry book

Book review: ‘Wonder’ by Ana Sampson (ed.)

The Natural History Museum poetry book.

Published 31-Dec-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry Tags: natural history museum, reviews
London Review of Books: an incomplete history

Book review: ‘London Review of Books: an incomplete history’

A profusely illustrated coffee-table tome.

Published 31-Dec-2024
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture Tags: lrb, reviews

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On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
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