In no particular order, here are my favourite ten blog posts from this year. What do you think? What would you add? Someday, all this will be a memory* – Revolution Cycle 10 things we believe – Escape the City The Art of Artlessness: On Living Simply and Naturally* – Zen Habits Alain de Botton [...]
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. Christopher Morley The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. Iris Murdoch When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the [...]
What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass,Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight,Streams full of stars, like skies [...]
Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats Janitors padlock the gates For security guards to patrol And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink While the married ones turn on a chat show Gentlemen time please, you know we can’t serve anymore [...]
I read a great feature in the Guardian recently with hundreds of tips from authors for aspirant writers. You can read the full list here but I’ve quoted a few of my favourites below: Jonathan FranzenInteresting verbs are seldom very interesting. Elmore Leonard: Using adverbs is a mortal sinKeep your exclamation points under control. You [...]
Tim Moss has organised expeditions on all seven continents and a couple in his back yard too. He believes strongly that adventure should be available to everyone.
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