Journey Through Britain
Review of Journey Through Britain by John Hillaby
George Orwell on Home Economics
George Orwell’s Road to Wigan Pier….
Scarp by Nick Papadimitriou
Exploring the deep topography of London through Nick Papadimitriou
Nature Author Chris Howkins
The nature books of Chris Howkins
The Blythe Chronicles
Escaping into Ronald Blythe country..
In Praise of Richard Mabey
Richard Mabey is one of Britain’s best loved and most respected nature writers, An author whose work I have long admired since first reading his renowned work on food foraging, Food For Free, first published in 1972. Mabey has long championed that which grows on our proverbial doorstep, […]
Muddy Boots and Sunday Suits
Life in rural England by Fred Archer
Buying Back Memories
Teenage me devoured the book opposite, I was in the middle of a science fiction phase which included Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Azimov, Harry Harrison and Robert Heinlein. That would then lead me on to Michael Moorcock and the music of the early 70s most associated with the […]
The Beria Papers
Review of The Beria Papers by Alan Williams
John Berger’s Self Portrait 1914-18
John Berger’s War Poem
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