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Gertrude Bell and the Finsteraarhorn

Diplomat, spy, photographer, activist, archeologist: oh, and she also put up a few interesting routes in the Alps. [2400 words, 10 mins

10 hrs ago •

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The Salt Path and author contract 'warranties'

I've signed more than two dozen author contracts. The clauses about untrue and harmful statements are fearsome.

Jul 9 •

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The finest bit of Lakeland Writing so far

For any freelancer writing stuff about the Lake District hills today, it’s hard not to be intimidated by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The Moss…

Jul 9 •

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Watching waterfalls

A waterfall portfolio: paintings, prints and photographs all (water-) source material for last week’s ‘why watch waterfalls’.

Jul 2 •

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What’s with these waterfalls?

For well over 1000 years, we’ve been chasing around after falling water. So what’s so special about noise, frothy whiteness, and getting wet with the…

Jun 25 •

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