Carter is an entertaining and well-read author. His work is filled with poetry, literature, history, and wider theoretical discussions and the humour is never forced upon the reader […] Bookshops are filled these days with books about nature. Few of them understand that nature is an interaction between human society and the wider world. Richard Carter’s walks and rumination remind us of the connectivity between all things, and they might lead you up a path, onto a moor and a walk to touch a trig point.
—Resolute Reader blog
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I watched the two minute silence broadcast on BBC2 whilst having my elevenses!
The broadcast came from half a dozen places all over GB - Trafalgar Square, a factory, a junior school, a memorial garden, Wootton Bassett and Glasgow Central Railway Station.
During the last one there was a tannoy announcement halfway through the 2 minutes....well done Glasgow!
I was at a bowling alley in Blackpool (don't ask) during the two-minutes silence one year. One of our party returned from the loo, and, not realising what was happening, proceeded to get a strike. He was most upset when we looked unimpressed and failed to congratulate him.
Sorry mate, I didn't realise you were a famous film star. That is you on the left isn't it?
That little dog that chases the covered wagon underneath the sink? That was mine.