Other writing

I occasionally write reviews and articles for magazines and newspapers. Here are some that are available online:

• Article for Granta magazine
• Review of Richard Mabey's The Cabaret of Plants for The Observer
• The 10 Best Nature Books for The Observer
• Essay for Caught by the River on common names in nature
• Review for The Guardian of John Lewis-Stempel's Meadowland
• Review for The Observer of Richard Kerridge's Cold Blood
• Diary for the London Review of Books on Derek Walcott in St Lucia
• Essay for The Clearing about a winter in the 1980s in Budapest
• Article on nature writing in The National, United Arab Emirates
• Column in Caught by the River’s 'Antidotes to Indifference'
• Review of Walking Home by Simon Armitage and Scarp by Nick Papadimitriou in The Observer
• Obituary of Peter Reading in The Guardian and Caught by the River
• Review of Bird Sense by Tim Birkhead in The Observer
• Review of Birds Brittanica by Mark Cocker in The Guardian
• Diary in the London Review of Books
• Column in Caught by the River’s 2011 'Shadows and Reflections'
• Column in Caught by the River’s 2012 'Shadows and Reflections'