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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Newspaper hack

Wayne Rooney on Twitter.

Published 30-Apr-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: soccer, twitter

When analogies go pear-shaped

LibDem's chocolate bar howler shock!

Published 13-Apr-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: analogies, chocolate

The band by which, in our house, all the others are judged

Fall documentary.

Published 03-Apr-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, the fall, videos

Just add mint

Photo of a lamb in an Aga oven.

Published 03-Apr-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: animals, farm, photos, sheep

Meanwhile, in sports news…

Hebden Bridge Times: Class told despite improved performance JACKS scored the first goal but Jammies ran away with 21 - 8 in the latest matches in the Todmorden Netball League. But it was still a much improved performance from Jacks, although Jammies went into the second half leading 7-3. Jacks are unreconisable from the team… Continue reading Meanwhile, in sports news…

Published 02-Apr-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: hebden bridge times, sport

(My butler reads it)

Are U.S. government microwave mind-control tests causing TV presenters' brains to melt down?

Published 02-Apr-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conspiracy theories, daily mail

Public service announcement

Beefheart tribute album to be re-released.

Published 01-Apr-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: beefheart, music

In the pub last night…

Conversation about the census.

Published 27-Mar-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, puns

Lotus Flower

Radiohead video.

Published 27-Mar-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, radiohead, videos

How to spot a fault

...if you are hoping to find one in your garden, say.

Published 19-Mar-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, charles darwin, faults, sedgwick

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On the Moor

On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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