Landscape. What is it?
By Richard Walker There are several definitions of what constitutes a landscape, depending on context. In common usage however, a
Category: Memoirs
Sort of a Highlife
A review of a beautifully written new memoir, “Highlife & my other lives”, and an interview with its author, Richard
Music, drugs and living the Highlife
By Richard Walker Last September, we were just taking our seats in the New Theatre, Oxford to see Patti Smith
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With spring almost upon us, Amaurea has some new books on the way, spanning memoir, fiction and theatre. From award-winning
Highlife, & my other lives
Richard Walker A fascinating and rich life of travel, music and love “A deeply enjoyable romp through a life fully,
Kintsugi and the Art of Fragmented Memory
There is an ancient Japanese art called kintsugi. In this, shards of broken pottery are carefully pieced back together, and their cracks filled with gold. In the process, what might otherwise have been drab, mundane, simply discarded and ignored, becomes a thing of beauty. Its very flaws the source of its value. … Continue readingKintsugi and the Art of Fragmented Memory
The Slow Train to Milan
Lisa St Aubin de Terán A new edition of her best-selling award-winning second book “It’s nearly ten years now since
Better Broken Than New
Lisa St Aubin de Terán “Dreaming is half the fun of life, and what fun would there be if our