Computer simulation of landing of Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover).
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Making a mint
Why do people ‘coin a phrase’, but ‘mint a coin’?
Book review: ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King
A memoir of the craft
Cider with Rosie
by Laurie Lee. Countryside classic. I first read Laurie Lee’s classic memoir of his inter-war-years childhood in a Gloucestershire Cotswold village when I was at school. I re-read it every 15 years or so. It is as gentle and charming as ever.
Finally, someone finds a good use for a cat
Cat converted into helicopter.
Punter fodder
A list of some of the Google search requests that brought new readers to the Gruts website over the last month.
Jubilations!
Doodle of the Queen
Doc Watson (1923–2012)
One of the greats.
Saturn's Moons: WG Sebald—a Handbook
by Jo Catling & Richard Hibbit (eds). One for the Sebald nerds. This book is intended for serious Sebald groupies. It is meticulously researched, extremely academic, and weighty in both senses of the word. I found it fascinating reading, even though it does border on the obsessive at times. The only real disappointment was the… Continue reading Saturn's Moons: WG Sebald—a Handbook
Granta 119: Britain
by John Freeman (ed.). More of the same. The theme for Granta 119 is Britain (as opposed to Great Britain). So, of course, the cover shows a cracked and broken teacup. How very symbollick. The book-cum-magazine contains the usual mix of prose, poetry, and photography. As ever, it does not contain nearly enough non-fiction, but… Continue reading Granta 119: Britain