affliction
Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
The fourth in my series on overlooked American novels for The Guardian's Books section.
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financial times
Golf With Keith Allen
A piece by me for Financial Times Weekend Magazine.
andy hamilton
A Booze Foraging Walk In The West Country
A piece I wrote for this weekend's Financial Times Magazine.
Blakeney
Foraging In Norfolk
My latest Guardian dispatch from Norfolk: on foraging, courgettes, Richard Mabey, and preparing for the apocalypse.
countryside
Porpoises, a "tug off" war, and the meaning of being local
My latest country column for the Guardian.
american fiction
Straight Man By Richard Russo
The second of my columns for The Guardian Books section.
alpacas
The Day An Alpaca Flobbed On My Beard
My latest country column for The Guardian's Life And Style Section.
book recommendations
The Feud by Thomas Berger
A piece for Guardian Books
authors
How To Write A Literary Novel: A Few Pointers For Getting Started
* Writing a literary novel is incredibly tough, so you should be well-prepared for the fact that life is not going to be normal while you're doing it, and your social life will fall by the wayside. The process takes untold dedication and sacrifice. Though it's worth
cornwall
Walking Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula
A piece I wrote for last weekend's Financial Times.
countryside
"I'M GOING TO HAVE A WAZ ON THE COMPOST NOW."
My latest country column - on gardening with my dad - for The Guardian's Life And Style Section.
countryside
Why I Love Scarecrows: A Column For The Guardian
The first of my new monthly countryside columns for the The Guardian's Life And Style section...