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Savage Shores

From the indefatigable Heather and Mark Rainsley… Savage Shores. Follow their progress as their new project unfolds – it’s going to be compelling reading for any British sea kayaker.

A Salute to the Soggy Bottom Boys

On Saturday night MC Nick Cunliffe and his Surflines crew provided the entertainment at the 3rd Anglesey Storm Gathering. Sitting with the Soggy Bottom Boys for the ‘Round the Stacks’ quiz I was a little underqualified in the ‘name that lighthouse’ photo round and largely ignorant of the former members of The Pussycat Dolls (or […]

The UK is Big in Books

Or why we enjoy a disproportionate advantage as first language English readers. The UK’s size in proportion to it’s share in the number of books published annually worldwide. Thames & Hudson’s new title The Atlas of the Real World presents drab data in an engaging way. Check out more images at Creative Review.

The Writer’s Guardian

For those of you who missed out on the series of pamphlets which accompanied the Guardian newspaper last week you can review most of the articles online here. The most useful of  which was perhaps last Saturday’s The Guardian Book of English Language – a condensed version of their book Guardian Style. Having cast my […]