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‘The Accidental Garden’ by Richard Mabey

Book review: ‘The Accidental Garden’ by Richard Mabey

Gardens, wilderness and the space in between.

Published 17-Jul-2024
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Nature Writing Tags: charles darwin, reviews, richard mabey
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 24 • 1876 plus supplement (1838–1875)

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 24 • 1876 plus supplement (1838–1875)’

The final edition of ‘Origin’ • ‘The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom’ • backgammon victories • the death of a daughter-in-law • experiments with typewriters • and a whole lot more.

Published 14-Jul-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, vol. 3’

Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, volume 3 • 1925–30’

Virginia Woolf during her most productive period.

Published 16-Jun-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews, virginia woolf
‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 23 • 1875’

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 23 • 1875’

Revising ‘The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants’ • Writing ‘Insectivorous Plants’ • Beginning research on ‘The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom’ • Getting involved in the vivisection debate • The death of Charles Lyell

Published 16-Jun-2024
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 22 • 1874’

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 22 • 1874’

Revising ‘Coral Reefs’ and ‘The Descent of Man’, continuing work on insectivorous plants, and a second dispute with St George Jackson Mivart.

Published 20-May-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, vol. 2’

Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, vol. 2’

Virginia Woolf’s diaries for 1920–1924.

Published 28-Apr-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews, virginia woolf
‘Cuddy’ by Benjamin Myers

Book review: ‘Cuddy’ by Benjamin Myers

Something akin to a multi-media experience, mixing poetry, prayer, play-script, journal entries, and prose.

Published 10-Apr-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Fiction Tags: ben myers, reviews
‘The Fran Lebowitz Reader’

Book review: ‘The Fran Lebowitz Reader’

Humorous journalism.

Published 29-Mar-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 21 • 1873’

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 21 • 1873’

Back to botany.

Published 29-Mar-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘Buried’ by Prof. Alice Roberts

Book review: ‘Buried’ by Prof. Alice Roberts

An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain.

Published 22-Mar-2024
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Science Tags: alice roberts, reviews

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