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Fields of glory
Dismissed as just another also-ran in the school race, I came up with a plan.
Nov 14
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Mind the gap
A brief trip around the world in the dentist's chair
Nov 7
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October 2025
Fallen Idols
I used to spend a lot of time in bookshops. Now, not so much.
Oct 31
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Strange fire and scorching dew
Milton, Basho and the Killing Stone
Oct 24
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Mr Twiddle goes west
The books we reach for (and perhaps should put back) when we’re sick
Oct 17
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The slow way home
Memories of travelling on the Trans-Siberian Express
Oct 10
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The conker tree
A walk in the park can take you further than you expect
Oct 3
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September 2025
Teenage Wildlife
How I learnt a lesson about violence
Sep 26
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Supporter Sidebar: A New Season
And a reminder of the current special offer
Sep 23
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Toad of Toad Hall and the "poetry of motion"
How I came to revise my opinion of the mercurial amphibian in The Wind in the Willows.
Sep 19
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Pomp and Circumstance
On patriotism and waving the flag
Sep 12
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Falling off
What I learnt – and didn’t learn – from Natsume Soseki’s Bicycle Diaries
Sep 5
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