Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

The English Village

by Martin Wainwright. An enjoyable short history of what made England England. I enjoyed this brief history of the English village. I was particularly pleased by how much emphasis Martin Wainwright—a Guardian writer and Northerner blogger—places on northern English village life, which tends to get overlooked by the southern media. I was also delighted to… Continue reading The English Village

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Granta 118: Exit Strategies

by John Freeman (ed.). Too much fiction, yet again. For once, most of the pieces in this edition of Granta actually seem to fit the chosen theme, Exit Strategies, very well. Most of the pieces are about people trying to get out of particular situations. There are a couple of excellent pieces of memoir, particularly… Continue reading Granta 118: Exit Strategies

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Wild Hares and Hummingbirds

by Stephen Moss. The Natural History of an English village. In Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, Stephen Moss records, on a month-by-month basis throughout a single year, his encounters with nature on or near his local patch on the Somerset Levels. I enjoyed it very much. Harry Brockway's excellent scraperboard illustrations, which appear at the start… Continue reading Wild Hares and Hummingbirds

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