I finally read Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens this month. I knew it…
solitude
15 books that have helped me and others through lockdown
From Tolstoyan Russia to the Mongolian steppe and summers on the Gulf of Finland… here…
Finding the courage to start afresh with Murakami in Killing Commendatore
When I talk to people about Haruki Murakami, I tend to divide his work (perhaps…
Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga by Sylvain Tesson
I have a soft spot for escaping from the world. I also love escaping into…
“A hunter knows when to quiet his mind”: Sherlock Holmes, Maria Konnikova, and a defence of solitude
I wrote in my last article about the classical scholar Edith Hamilton, who wrote of Aeschylus:…