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17
May
A Note on Polymorphs of the Arctic Char, and the Robes of Christ
A friend of mine, young enough and free enough never to have heard of Bruce Chatwin, gave me as a
7 min read
03
May
Psychomachia
My family and I take a walk in early spring over the gently, very gently, rolling uplands of west Cambridgeshire,
7 min read
19
Apr
Cross
I have some time on my hands in Qaqortoq in Greenland, so I walk up to the little cemetery. Or
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12
Apr
In Tents
When my brother was a boy he was gifted a tent. It was an orange tent, roomy enough for two.
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22
Mar
Borges in Iceland
Iceland, said Jorge Luís Borges, was “the greatest revelation of my life”.
At an advanced age, blind and always veering
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08
Mar
Jeremiah
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?
Jeremiah 2:36
In late December 1990 I bought a
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22
Feb
The Good Fresh
begin afresh, afresh, afresh
Philip Larkin
You’d rather have the image in your mind than just have to look
12 min read
18
Jan
Hvalsey
If you want to travel to the edge of the world, you can. The edge of the world is in
8 min read
01
Jan
The Last Great Travel Writer
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30
Nov
Settlement patterns
On the north-west coast of Nova Scotia, on one of the islands just off the peninsula of Digby Neck on
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