Alex Preston

This is very exciting. Michael has done a wonderful job of pulling together the memoirs and letters of my great-great-great grandfather. Massive ledge, obvs.

02.06.2025 13:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Why Julian Hoffman left London for a wild Greek lake | The Observer Born of a spontaneous decision to up sticks for the Grecian wilderness, Julian Hoffman’s poetic memoir is an inspiring call to throw caution to the wind

Loved the courage-giving expansiveness of Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social - here’s my review in The Observer. observer.co.uk/culture/book...

27.05.2025 07:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

Thanks!

14.04.2025 17:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Forgotten: Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials review – existence is resistance In mapping the Palestinian history and culture that persists despite Israeli suppression, Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson display a strength of purpose and a promise of hope

This by @alexpreston.bsky.social on the great Raja Shehadeh is good.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

13.04.2025 23:27 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Reading @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on the life and beauty of rivers while sailing towards Aswan on the Nile.

03.04.2025 13:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This was a fascinating book. Full of deep research and righteous anger…

31.03.2025 16:54 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits review – a triumphant twist on the great American road novel Fleeing a failing marriage and culture war battles, a man drives away from the wreckage of his past

Just loved Ben Markovits’s latest. A peculiar, ultimately uplifting midlife Odyssey. Massive recommendation. Here are my thoughts in the Observer. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

21.03.2025 09:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are you sure you don't mean Scandinavian Airlines, @theguardian.com ?

21.03.2025 07:15 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Lofoten is pretty close to heaven. Love it so much here.

14.03.2025 15:53 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

First Bluesky post - green sky! In Lofoten, Norway.

13.03.2025 07:37 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0