book recommendations
Getting Shelfish
A piece I wrote for The Guardian about reorganising my bookshelves.
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book recommendations
Pete Dexter's Deadwood
A column for The Guardian's Books Section.
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A Game Of Cat, Mouse And Moorhen
My latest 21st Century Yokel column for The Guardian's Life And Style section.
Writing
Ten Great Scarecrows I Have Photographed
1. Bob2. Gina and Mario3. Boss Man William4. Mickey5. Eustace6. Peggy7. Doris8. William9. Good Time Linda 10. Rory A column I wrote for the Guardian on scarecrows last summer.
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Wassailing, Straw Bears And Bottle-Kicking
My latest country column for The Guardian's Life And Style section.
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My Dad The Superhero
A piece I wrote for The Guardian's Family section about the time my dad ran the London Marathon in a superhero suit.
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Walking The Black Shuck Route
A piece for The Financial Times Weekend Magazine.
book recommendations
World's End by TC Boyle
The latest in my Lost Classics Of American Literature series for Guardian Books.
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World's Fair by EL Doctorow
The fifth in my series on overlooked American novels for The Guardian's Books section.
countryside
A Dog Is For Life - Or Maybe Just An Afternoon
My December country column for The Guardian's Life And Style section. Read more about my adventures with Henry the spaniel in my latest book, Talk To The Tail...
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Children Of The Stones
The folk horror genre of filmmaking could not be called prolific, but the few movies within it – mostly made during the early-to-mid 1970s – contain some of art’s most timelessly terrifying evocations of rural Britain. It’s perhaps surprising, then, that two of folk horror’s most revered creations, 1969’
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East Anglia: The Spookiest Place in Britain?
My latest country column for The Guardian's Life And Style section.