In the wake of last week's arrests, I was wondering whether the Sun newspaper would have enough journalists left to make up this week's news.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
The price of penguins
In which I predict an Argentinian-led boycott of the 2012 London Olympics.
Pull the udder one
A three-legged cow yesterday.
We'll always have Charnock, Richard
In which Stense and I re-enact 'Brief Encounter'.
Cheap at half the price
Strange offer from Sainsbury's.
Tolerant, almost to a fault
Why is Hebden Bridge the lesbian capital?
In which I Carter a phrase
I am inventing a brand new phrase which, from here on in, means to invent a brand new phrase. And you are not allowed to use that phrase ironically, because I have copyright on it, and only permit you to use it in a totally non-ironic sense.
Lip candy
Enjoyment of two new drama series spoilt by the unfeasibly large lips of both of the male lead characters.
Post card from Calderdale
Photo of a cloud sea yesterday.
Granta 117: Horror
by John Freeman (ed.). Ho-hum. After an excellent start with two very good memoir-type pieces by Will Self and Paul Auster, this edition of Granta then became rather ho-hum. The theme was Horror, but the editor stretched it to breaking point at times (thank goodness). A slightly better non-fiction to fiction ratio than usual, I… Continue reading Granta 117: Horror