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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Weapon of Musical Destruction

‘Sonic weapon’ deployed in London during Olympics.

Published 12-May-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, olympics, phil collins, sport

Gruts: Now with its very own QR code!

Should you ever forget the web-address for Gruts, go to the homepage, find the QR code in the sidebar, and scan it into your smartphone to be taken automagically to the Gruts homepage.

Published 07-May-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: gruts website

Impressing visitors

Wouldn't it be utterly awesome to keep owls in your bathroom, just to impress visitors?

Published 06-May-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: jen, owls, yorkshire

A great tribute to a great band

Video: MATTEO covers Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody).

Published 04-May-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, videos

At the Cheese Shop, part 4

In which I fail to add up to 35.

Published 04-May-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cheese shop, conversations

They're going to save the planet, apparently

Wind powerstations affect local weather.

Published 30-Apr-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: energy, environment, windpowerstations

State-funded brain-washing

Department of Education spokesperson says it is right for faith schools to have the freedom to teach about sexual relations and marriage in the context of their own religion.

Published 29-Apr-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: education, evolution, faith schools, homophobia, religion

Ch-ch-changes were involved

Video: Horrible Histories - Charles Darwin

Published 27-Apr-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: charles darwin, david bowie, music, phil collins, videos

Unconventional, I know…

I always insist on filing Captain Beefheart under ‘B’.

Published 27-Apr-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: captain beefheart, music

Alternative history

Had Arthur, Prince of Wales lived.

Published 24-Apr-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: history, royalty

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On the Moor

On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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    Happy birthday from the Nite Owl

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    Dear Richard, I am browsing reviews of Is a river alive. Nobody dare pointing at the naked king. To take…

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    I remember H E Todd visiting our school in Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk in 1973 or 1974. It was a real…

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