Alex WatsonA Year in Reading, 2019How I read more books (and forgot more, too)Feb 29, 2020Feb 29, 2020
Alex WatsonA Year in Books, 2018I used to look for patterns in the books I read, as though each book was itself a chapter in another book, one that would tell the story…Feb 19, 20191Feb 19, 20191
Alex WatsonOn NoticingI’ve been working — or at the very least, sitting at various desks, typing — for about 18 years. Before I had a career, I thought what I…Apr 28, 20181Apr 28, 20181
Alex WatsonA Year in Books, 2017I’ve had trouble sorting out what I read last year. The books themselves aren’t sorted. We moved in November — so they’re still all piled…Jan 23, 2018Jan 23, 2018
Alex WatsonHanging aroundOn the occasion of the Rolling Stones’ 30 year anniversary, a journalist asked laconic drummer Charlie Watts, “what had it been like to…Dec 19, 2017Dec 19, 2017
Alex WatsonA Year in Books, 2016Early in the summer last year, we went on holiday to the south of France. The lanes around the house smelled of lavender and olives. We ate…Jan 28, 2017Jan 28, 2017
Alex WatsonA year in books, 2015I always seem to read the same number of books a year. A lot of things change, but not this. I’ve been recording it for ten years or so…Jan 9, 2016Jan 9, 2016
Alex Watson19 questions for media in 2015Just some of the things that have been sitting in my brain since Christmas. They’re not predictions, but contain some hopes.Jan 9, 2015Jan 9, 2015
Alex WatsonA year in books, 20142014 was a year of commitment. I married, and had a child. I began a new job in earnest. And it made no difference to my reading.Jan 3, 2015Jan 3, 2015