A memoir of the craft
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
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
OK, I'll give ’em that one
Marmite celebrates queen's jubilee.
Apple™? Schmapple!
Fundamental flaw discovered in iPhone calculator app.