Author: Richard Carter

by John Freeman (ed.). There's more to 'new writing' than novels. Granta's obsession with 'young [insert nationality] novelists' continues unabated. Brazil is a fascinating country. I would like to learn more about the place. Granta 121 is a missed opportunity. From the brief author biographies included with each piece in this edition of 'the magazine… Continue reading Granta 121: The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists

by J.R.R. Tolkien There and back again I hadn't read The Hobbit for 30 years. With the film version on its way, I thought it was about time I refamiliarised myself with the plot, so I could tut knowingly and mutter “That doesn't happen in the book!” under my breath throughout the movie. The Hobbit… Continue reading The Hobbit

by Nicholas Crane An English Journey You know Nicholas Crane from off the telly. He's the chap with the brolly who walks a lot. Anyway, back in the last millennium, he set off on foot to walk along the line of longitude two degrees west of Greenwich (the central meridian) from Berwick-upon-Tweed to the Dorset… Continue reading Two Degrees West

by James Randerson (ed.). Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species I reviewed this new Guardian ebook on the Friends of Charles Darwin website.