In which I pull my coiffurist's leg.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Instead of a Book
by Diana Athill Letters to a Friend I love reading books of letters. The veteran author Diana Athill's letters to her friend the American poet Edward Field were never going to hold quite the same fascination for me as the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, or Philip Larkin's non-PC rantings to his mates, but Instead of… Continue reading Instead of a Book
Evacuee kids
A quote from a wartime diary mentioning my dad and uncle.
25 not out
On my 25th consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau.
Slater, get real, man!
Nigel Slater, get real! Who in God's holy name has ‘left-over roast potatoes’?
Just in case
...the world ends tomorrow.
Knobless oblige
Pope uses knob image for Twitter wallpaper.
Code-10 abort
In which my MI6 safe-house is blown.
Soup selection
Wouldn't bacon soup be totally awesome?
Granta 121: The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists
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