BOOKS/WRITING
5 Writing Tips Gleaned Along The Way
There are loads of advice lists from writers out there. But I think I can safely claim to be a writer now. And bizarrely enough,
30th July 2017
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essays
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BIBLE
Transports of delight: 5 great Books about reading other Books
It wasn’t a plan particularly, but then that’s part of the joy of books – I never have a plan for what I’m going to
12th October 2014
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19th Century
The perils of drink – but it’s not quite what you think
It’s Friday, and so that would normally call for some Friday fun. Well, this post more or less qualifiesasa bit of fun, but it’s also
20th September 2013
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20th Century
Václav Havel’s 1978 warning to the West
I’m trying to understand power – what it means, how it’s wielded, how it affects us. Big topic. But I’m increasingly convinced that we can’t
17th June 2013
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20th Century
Let the meaning choose the word: Orwell on political language
It has its gainsayers (eg Steven Poole is pretty disparaging, though unfairly in my view) but George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language (the whole
3rd June 2013
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BIBLE
Context is king: the perils of dislocated sentences
Not quite sure what got me hooked on this New Yorker article (sadly the full article is behind a paywall), but I was gripped. Using
31st July 2012
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20th Century
Memento Mori: Matthew Parris, The House of Commons and the 1994 Death of John Smith
John Smith MP was one of those tragic political should-have-beens. But while Leader of the Opposition riding on Labour’s 23% point lead over the Tories
11th May 2012
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20th Century
Orwell on The Unspeakable Wrongness of Taking a Life.
I get restless if I don’t have something to read on the bus. So I grabbed the closest thing on my desk as I ran
12th January 2012
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