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The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

Posted on 12/01/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – January 2022 It was an enchanted palace, She must try to find a way in! It was bound to be full of curious passages and doorways – and she must get in. It looked so extraordinary that … Continue reading →

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Every Day until Antwerp: A Walking Trip along the Railway Line by Jacqueline Schoemaker

Posted on 04/01/2022 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – January 2022 Traffic arteries intersect. Megastores, stench and dust. Trucks thunder along the asphalt towards the motorway. Boels Rental, Esso Express (‘diesel only’). The road slopes upwards and becomes a bridge across the Albert Canal. A monumental … Continue reading →

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Midges, Maps & Muesli by Helen Krasner

Posted on 01/11/2021 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – November 2021 I met Helen Krasner briefly many years ago, not long after she had completed her epic walk around the coastline of Britain, which she talked about, but several years  before she published her account of … Continue reading →

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The White Birch: A Russian Reflection by Tom Jeffreys

Posted on 31/10/2021 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – November 2021 It has been hand-planted by Tsarinas and felled by foresters. It has been celebrated by peasants, worshipped by pagans and painted by artists. It has self-seeded across mountains and rivers and train tracks and steppe … Continue reading →

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Heavy Time: A Psychogeographer’s Pilgrimage by Sonia Overall

Posted on 05/07/2021 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – July 2021 Sonia Overall was born and brought up in Ely, a cathedral city on a rocky island in England’s damp, black-soiled Fen country. A constant presence in her childhood was the river which flowed through the … Continue reading →

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