As slender as…
An unusual simile for slenderness, applied to an elliptical island in a river.
'... an island as slender as a...
Rock-hole glory
A memorable image of a glorious, dreadful creature hanging out in weather-gouged holes in rocks.
'Nothing can really...
As subtle as scent
A simple simile. Â While some scents are not subtle, my husband's endeavours to teach me the mysteries of wine aromas...
Wave-girt land
A little old-fashioned, this 'girt', but still an unexpected way to speak of an island, focusing more on its surrounding...
As softly as …
What a place, what a time, the two idyllic years Durrell spent in Rhodes after the war. His account is...
Podcast review – Durrell’s Reflections on a Marine Venus
Listening time: 18 minutes. Â
This podcast is also available on Spotify, here.
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Intimate with hugeness
A wonderful way to describe bobbing on the sea close to the sheer cliffs of the islands, and edging towards still,...
Ice-scraped gneiss
Adam Nicolson's 'love letter' to some small, remote, uninhabited Scottish islands inherited from his father, illuminates the depth and richness...
Sunlight dripping
Durrell's various Greek island books and Miller's Colossus of Maroussi enchanted me with their marvelous descriptions of people, places and...
An electric moment
Having a soft spot for foxes, I loved this description of a hair-raising drive careering through the mountain roads of...
Crossing the long-haired sea
This poem by the seventh century Irish poet-monk Beccán mac Luigdech captures the ruggedness and exhilaration of crossing rampant seas...
Puffins on a dance floor
By the time you finish reading Sea Room, you may or may not have fallen in love with the Shiant...
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