The Writing Hut
Alex JohnsonA behind the scenes look at the nuts and bolts of the writing life
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The pull of the epic book series
The Cazalet Chronicles are back. Huzzah!
I am halfway through the latest volume, The Golden Hours, the continuation of Elizabeth Jane Howard’s outstanding family saga by her niece Louisa Young. It’s not bad though not, unsurprisingly, as g...
How to choose what to read on holiday
You can keep your ancient temples and majestic mountains, your magical rainforests and incredible beachside restaurants. What I most enjoy about holidays is making a list of books I want to read while I’m away.
I spend far longer over this...
Do you have a Commonplace Book?
Since ancient times people have jotted down their favourite quotes, recipes, and other written bits and bobs in notebooks called commonplace books or florilegium. Famous folk like Erasmus, Virginia Woolf, and Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi -...
What books do writers read?
Nosing along friends’ bookshelves is interesting, but poking around on the bookcases of famous writers, even virtually, is even more so. This is something I particularly enjoy and indeed I am about halfway through writing a book on the home...
Ex Libris: The joy of bookplates
Perhaps the most intriguing part of a book is an element that readers add themselves, something that increases its aesthetic value while also offering an insight into the history of the volume and the personality of its owners, the bookplat...
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I write non-fiction books on a range of subjects (art, sheds, food, music, and bookish topics). I'm also a journalist and contribute regular columns to the Idler and Fine Books magazines. I worked at the Independent newspaper 2007 2022.
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