Welcome to the website of Roddy Phillips, columnist, arts critic and author of The Familiar.
For more than a decade on a weekly basis, readers of the Press & Journal have been given a candid and often humourous insight into the life of the newspaper’s arts critic Roddy Phillips and his family.
Roddy’s column was motivated by the sudden shock of moving to the country and the need to share everyday experiences involving floods and infestations of protected species, amongst other dramas.
The Familiar - A Life in Weekly Instalments is the first collection of some of Roddy’s finest work about his life, his artist-wife Catriona Millar and their family’s daily exploits – including the mouse that should have known better, the dire consequences of yoga, the perils of swimming, the bird in the bedroom and what happens when you navigate by emotional intelligence rather than SatNav.
Beautifully written, acutely observed and always amusing, The Familiar has something for everyone.
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Welcome to the website of Roddy Phillips, columnist, arts critic and author of The Familiar.
For more than a decade on a weekly basis, readers of the Press & Journal have been given a candid and often humourous insight into the life of the newspaper’s arts critic Roddy Phillips and his family.
Roddy’s column was motivated by the sudden shock of moving to the country and the need to share everyday experiences involving floods and infestations of protected species, amongst other dramas.
The Familiar - A Life in Weekly Instalments is the first collection of some of Roddy’s finest work about his life, his artist-wife Catriona Millar and their family’s daily exploits – including the mouse that should have known better, the dire consequences of yoga, the perils of swimming, the bird in the bedroom and what happens when you navigate by emotional intelligence rather than SatNav.
Beautifully written, acutely observed and always amusing, The Familiar has something for everyone.