Eclectic crepuscular essays.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Bloody hell! Now Putin’s invaded the TARDIS!
BBC: Putin watches first Russian nuclear drill since invasion of Ukraine
Book review: ‘Kindred’ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
An introduction to our formerly maligned cousins.
JOHNSON PULLS OUT!
(There’s a first time for everything.)
Ambient track
Jen and I were watching the film Collateral last night when I realised the tune playing in the background was the same tune that plays in the background during the car chase through Paris in The Bourne Identity. Out of curiosity, I asked the Shazam feature on my iPhone to identify the tune. But before… Continue reading Ambient track
Truss: a turkey
It has finally come to this… Over the last few years, I’ve begun to lose track of who the Prime Minister is. I can remember they’re a useless, cronyist populist, but that’s not exactly helping. “Is it still that liar,” I wonder to myself, “or is it that other liar?” “Is it that over-privileged Old… Continue reading Truss: a turkey
Book review: ‘Orwell’s Roses‘ by Rebecca Solnit
Pleasure, truth, and roses.
Moonage outrage
…Two hours and ten minutes of footage, and NOT ONCE does Bowie sing The Laughing Gnome!
Well, that’s tasteful!
BBC: King Charles: New royal cypher revealed Call me biased, but the letters R and C compliment each other so well. (But don’t call me Arsey, and don’t call the Charles formerly known as Prince the Bling King.)