I have written several features recently on the topic of memory.

This article for the Guardian describes my interviews with my grandmother about her memories.

This article for the Guardian explores children's memories for lost grandparents.

In this article for the FT, I looked at how children's memories are affected by their exposure to digital technologies.

This Observer piece celebrates the unreliability of memory.

An article on writers' metaphors of mind appeared in the Guardian Review in October 2005.

I recently wrote a short piece on neglected fiction for Fiction Uncovered.

I have contributed to the books pages of the Sunday Telegraph, Financial Times, Scotland on Sunday and the Sydney Morning Herald. Here is a full list of my reviews:

Review of 'Caribou Island' by David Vann. Sunday Telegraph, 30 January 2011.

Review of ‘The Widow’s Tale’ by Mick Jackson. Sunday Telegraph, 4 April 2010.

Review of ‘Generosity’ by Richard Powers. Sunday Telegraph, 17 January 2010.

Review of 'Afterlife' by Sean O'Brien. Sunday Telegraph, 2 August 2009.

Review of 'The Philosophical Baby' by Alison Gopnik. Financial Times, 27 July 2009.

Review of ‘The Fire Gospel’ by Michel Faber. Sunday Telegraph, 7 December 2008.

Review of ‘The Gate of Air’ by James Buchan. Sunday Telegraph, 5 October 2008.

Review of ‘Crime’ by Irvine Welsh. Sunday Telegraph, 6 July 2008.

Review of ‘Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures’ by Vincent Lam. Sunday Telegraph, 25 May 2008.

Review of 'Gig: The life and times of a rock-star fantasist' by Simon Armitage, Sunday Telegraph, 17 April 2008.

Review of 'Caravan Thieves' by Gerard Woodward, Sunday Telegraph, 24 February 2008.

Review of ‘The White King’ by György Dragomán, Sunday Telegraph, 27 January 2008.

Review of 'Tree of Smoke' by Denis Johnson, Sunday Telegraph, 22 November 2007.

Review of 'Passage' by John David Morley, Sunday Telegraph, 4 October 2007.

Review of ‘So you think you’re human: A brief history of humankind’ by Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Scotland on Sunday, 4 April 2004.

Review of ‘Nature via Nurture’ by Matt Ridley, Scotland on Sunday, 27 April 2003.

Review of ‘Consciousness: A user’s guide’ by Adam Zeman, Scotland on Sunday, 16 March 2003.

Review of ‘A Devil’s Chaplain: Selected essays’ by Richard Dawkins, Scotland on Sunday, 2 March 2003.

Review of ‘A Box of Matches’ by Nicholson Baker. Scotland on Sunday, 9 February 2003.

Review of ‘The Other Side of Silence’ by André Brink. Scotland on Sunday, 1 September 2002.

Review of ‘The Cradle of Thought’ by Peter Hobson. Sydney Morning Herald, 4-5 May 2002.

Review of ‘The Blank Slate: The modern denial of human nature’ by Steven Pinker. Scotland on Sunday, 22 September 2002.

Review of ‘Dirt Music’ by Tim Winton. Scotland on Sunday, 7 April 2002.

Review of ‘Spike Island: The memory of  a military hospital’ by Philip Hoare. Scotland on Sunday, April 2001.

Review of ‘Wild Minds: What animals really think’ by Marc Hauser. Scotland on Sunday, 24 September 2000.

Review of ‘A War of Nerves’ by Ben Shephard. Scotland on Sunday, 5 November 2000.