Like Goldfinches
A poem by Andrew McNeillie. This late spring, and spring was late,the Goldfinches cameriding in the tops of next-door’s silver...
4th August 2022
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The Caught by the River Book of the Month: August
Book of the Month for August is Amanda Thomson's 'Belonging: Natural histories of place, identity and home' — a memoir about...3rd August 2022
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The Last Days
An extract from Ali Millar's memoir about growing up in, and then escaping, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which was our July...2nd August 2022
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Cool Oak Diary #7
July's heat brings blanket weed, gulls, and a fire crew to Brent Reservoir (Welsh Harp), as Ben Watt and Cool...30th July 2022
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Illuminated by Water
Presented as a book about why people go fishing, Malachy Tallack's 'Illuminated by Water' is really an old-school confessional memoir,...28th July 2022
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Parker's Suburban Garden
Fans of Parker's Penryn Garden, rejoice! After a 5-year hiatus, Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker is back, spreading muck on a new...27th July 2022
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Moor
A short piece by Eirwen Abberley Watton conjured from wind and heather and grass. Bleak wind spells this place. Bleak...24th July 2022
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Milk Teeth
Wendy Erskine has the saturation slider of her mind moved to maximum by Jessica Andrews' latest novel. ‘Mimosa trees burst...23rd July 2022
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The Kentish Rebellion
A slice of Robert Selby's newly published 'The Kentish Rebellion', and a few words on the collection from its author....19th July 2022
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Conversations with Mermaids
Much more interesting than simply another bound-beating book about Cornwall, Wyl Menmuir’s 'The Draw of the Sea' is about the...16th July 2022
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Seahenge
'Half/life' by Rob St John and Rose Ferraby was created as an installation for Seahenge in ‘The World of Stonehenge’...14th July 2022
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The Caught by the River Book of the Month: July
Published tomorrow by Ebury, July Book of the Month is Ali Millar's 'The Last Days', a memoir about growing up...13th July 2022
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Sound Within Sound
Newly published by Faber, Kate Molleson's 'Sound Within Sound: Opening Our Ears To The Twentieth Century' reaches towards a more...12th July 2022
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God Bless Mrs Griffiths
In an extract from her latest book 'From Coast & Cove: An artist’s year in paint and pen', published by...9th July 2022
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Where the Seals Sing
In 'Where the Seals Sing', published yesterday by Harper Collins, poet Susan Richardson travels the coasts clockwise from Cornwall to...8th July 2022
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Original Sins
Published today by Chatto & Windus, Matt Rowland Hill's 'Original Sins' explores faith, family, shame and addiction. Ali Millar reviews,...7th July 2022
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Cool Oak Diary #6
Barnet's clutch of newly elected Labour councillors spells good news for Brent Reservoir (Welsh Harp), writes Ben Watt, as a...1st July 2022
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Circuitous Routes, Part 3
Tracing Diverse Paths on the South Downs: Mark Hooper finds space to spread his mind out in the Sussex domain...30th June 2022