The Mike Robbins blog

Travel, science, books. Whatever I feel like, really.

Saturday, 28 April 2018

Inequality and democracy: Can they coexist?

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Equality (or, at least, fairness) and democracy are closely related. But the first has declined. Can the second survive? And if not, what ...
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Sunday, 22 April 2018

A Higher Loyalty

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James Comey’s A Higher Loyalty is the book of the year (at least, so far), and some may think they should read it and wonder whether they...
Saturday, 30 December 2017

Brexit: Reading the runes

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Evans and Menon’s Brexit and British Politics is not the first book about Brexit, but it’s a shrewd and convincing analysis. This referendum...
Sunday, 19 November 2017

Make the reader do the work

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Three books that work the reader  hard, and are the better for it Show, don’t tell. It’s the classic advice to writers. My character was wok...
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Mike Robbins is the author of six books: The Lost Baggage of Silvia Guzmán (2014), a novel; The Nine Horizons (2014), a collection of travel pieces; Three Seasons, a trio of novellas; Even the Dead are Coming (2009), a memoir of life as a volunteer in Eastern Sudan; Crops and Carbon (2011), about agriculture and climate change; and a novella, Dog! (2015). He was born in London but has lived in many countries. (Pic: S. Ligabue)
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