Photo: Robert Macfarlane and Alexandra Harris at the Cambridge Literary Festival, 18th April 2015
He leaves cynicism to other people…
‘Landmarks’, a dictionary, a sensorium…
Language reinforces our vision…
Making lists of words a work of magic…
Words are essentially social…
Describing action, finding the words, a like hunting…
The right word, the conversion of allotropes – coal compressed into a diamond…
Can’t write about what you don’t experience…
Language of labour, language a labour of love…
Where does the image meet the words? The notebook rules…