Ethics etc

Bolt-on emotion: Romanticism part 2

English Romanticism trickles through into mountain writing of today [1300 words 6 mins

Jan 29 •

Ronald Turnbull

Utah and the Line of Beauty

Canyonlands National Park and the shapes of scenery [2100 words 12-15 min

Dec 25, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

A Quiz for Christmas

Wander lonely as a cloud – or bagging the Wainwrights. What sort of mountain walker are you?

Dec 18, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Just how pleasing are trees? From Sir Gawain to Stephen Sondheim [1300 words

Oct 23, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Adventures in the Alpine Style

Boardman and Tasker Part 1: Joe Tasker [1400 words, 6 mins

Aug 28, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

The Seven Deadly Sports

Mountaineering is a sport, but most of the rest are merely games. So says Ernest Hemingway. [1400 words 6 min

Jul 10, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Suffering and fun

We should minimise our own future pain. But, as mountaineers and long distance walkers, we don't. Behavioral psychology could have some answers here…

Apr 24, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Knee Breeches: why aren’t we all wearing them?

The fall and fall of this practical and attractive form of legwear [750 words, 3 min

Mar 6, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

The 18th Century Art of Landscape Appreciation

The strange craze for looking at England in a distorting mirror, backwards. [1400 words: 6 mins

Dec 27, 2023 •

Ronald Turnbull

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