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Better Known

Helen Gordon

Oct 16, 2022
28:01

Helen Gordon discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Helen Gordon’s books include Notes from Deep Time (Profile), Landfall (Penguin) and, with Travis Elborough, Being a Writer (Frances Lincoln). She has written about nature, science, art and books for various newspapers and magazines including the Economist’s 1843 magazine, the Guardian, the TLS, Apollo and Wired UK. A former Granta magazine editor, she currently teaches creative writing at the University of Hertfordshire.

  1. Deep time https://profilebooks.com/work/notes-from-deep-time/

  2. James Hutton https://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/edinburghs-geology/geological-pioneers/james-hutton/ and https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/GeositesSiccarPoint

  3. Campi Flegrei https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=211010

  4. The view towards London from Farthing Downs https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/farthing-downs/visit-farthing-downs

  5. Man in the Holocene https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Man-in-the-Holocene-by-Max-Frisch-Geoffrey-Skelton/9781564784667

  6. Desk Set https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v13391


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