Tag: Andrew Green

Is there a history of walking?

November 1, 2024 1 Comment
Is there a history of walking?

It’s a question that wouldn’t have been asked, let alone answered, before Rebecca Solnit’s pioneering book Wanderlust, published in 2000.  Solnit is a writer probably best known for her books on women – she was the first to formulate the idea of ‘mansplaining’ – but her range of reference is startlingly wide, and her work […]

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On the writing of blogs

March 17, 2023 10 Comments
On the writing of blogs

This month gwallter is ten years old, and this is his 598th blog.  It seems a good time to look back and reflect on his progress so far. When I started in 2013, blogs were still quite fashionable, and I felt some pride in joining a fraternity of online scribblers.  Nowadays, you often have the […]

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In search of 100 objects

September 30, 2018 1 Comment
In search of 100 objects

September 2018 has turned out to be a month of personal endings. Three weeks ago, after five and a half years of sporadic legwork, we finished the last mile of the Wales Coast Path. This week saw the publication of two books I’ve been working on for what seems almost as long, Wales in 100 […]

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In the Chair

August 1, 2014 5 Comments
In the Chair

Today the e-book version of my book In the chair is published by Parthian Books. As the subtitle says, it’s in essence a practical guide: ‘how to guide groups and manage meetings’. Its aim is to help people who find themselves in the position of Chair to learn the craft and become successful. Strangely little […]

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