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Other titles from Notting Hill Editions* Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland by Lavinia Greenlaw The great Victorian William Morris was fascinated by Iceland, which inspired him to write one of the masterpieces of travel literature. Poet Lavinia Greenlaw follows in his footsteps, combing excerpts from his Icelandic writings with her own response to the country. My Katherine Mansfield Project by Kirsty Gunn When Kirsty Gunn returned to spend the winter in her home town of Wellington, New Zealand, near the childhood home of Katherine Mansfield. In this lyrical essay Gunn explores the ideas of home and belonging – and of the profound influence of Mansfield’s work on her own creative journey. Confessions of a Heretic by Roger Scruton A collection of witty and provocative essays by the influential social commentator Roger Scruton. Each ‘confession’ reveals aspects of the author’s thinking that his critics would probably have advised him to keep to himself. ‘Scruton is one of the few intellectually authoritative voices in modern British conservatism.’ – The Spectator

Other titles from Notting Hill Editions*

Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland by Lavinia Greenlaw

The great Victorian William Morris was fascinated by Iceland, which inspired him to write one of the masterpieces of travel literature. Poet Lavinia Greenlaw follows in his footsteps, combing excerpts from his Icelandic writings with her own response to the country.

My Katherine Mansfield Project by Kirsty Gunn

When Kirsty Gunn returned to spend the winter in her home town of Wellington, New Zealand, near the childhood home of Katherine Mansfield. In this lyrical essay Gunn explores the ideas of home and belonging – and of the profound influence of

Mansfield’s work on her own creative journey.

Confessions of a Heretic by Roger Scruton

A collection of witty and provocative essays by the influential social commentator Roger Scruton. Each ‘confession’ reveals aspects of the author’s thinking that his critics would probably have advised him to keep to himself.

‘Scruton is one of the few intellectually authoritative voices in modern British conservatism.’ – The Spectator

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