Exploring our relationships with images.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Nice to see the Brits finally showing some compassion for unfortunate refugees
BBC News: Rhodes fires: Planes sent to collect stranded Britons Flights are due to land on Rhodes later on Monday to bring back holidaymakers left stranded by wildfires which have swept the Greek island. British tourists have been sleeping at the airport, makeshift rescue centres and on the street, after the flames threatened holiday resorts
Book review: ‘Next to Nature’ by Ronald Blythe
A lifetime in the English countryside.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 15 • 1867’
Correcting proofs and researching human evolution, sexual selection, and expressions.
Book review: ‘Unrecounted’ by W.G. Sebald & Jan Peter Tripp
Enigmatic Sebaldian poetry.
Hey, hey, hey… Vanity and presumption
Ten years ago this week, I tweeted my first ever #FallFriday link to a video by the Fall. Gruts aside, my ongoing #FallFriday tweets are the closest thing I have to a body of work. #waa!
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 14 • 1866’
Getting back to work after prolonged illness.
Book review: ‘Knowing What We Know’ by Simon Winchester
The transmission of knowledge from ancient wisdom to modern magic.
Book review: ‘A Book Of Days’ by Patti Smith
Words and images from an inspirational artist.
“I take my responsibilities seriously”
…says former Prime Minister who failed to turn up at five consecutive Cobra coronavirus meetings. Guardian: ’It is sad to be leaving … for now’: Boris Johnson’s resignation statement in fullBoris Johnson says he is amazed the privileges committee was proceeding against him. Meanwhile, in other news… Guardian: Sunak approves Boris Johnson honours list including… Continue reading “I take my responsibilities seriously”