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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Yum!

Sesame Prawn Toasts recipe.

Published 03-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: recipes

Incognito

Jill Dando—it could have been me, says Fiona Fullerton.

Published 03-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: celebrities, newspapers

Uncongenial

Study shows the louder the music in pubs, the faster you drink.

Published 02-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, nannyism, pubs

Oh, lordy, even local government is at it now

Salt shakers with fewer holes have been sent to fish and chip shops in an attempt to curb salt consumption.

Published 02-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: nannyism

Fund

Carolyn's children are an optimistic bunch.

Published 31-Jul-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, horses

If you think I'm nuts…

You should see Fitz's latest YouTube video.

Published 28-Jul-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: fitz, ivor cutler, legs, music, videos

The easiest way to stab someone in the back…

BBC: Senior ministers get behind Brown

Published 26-Jul-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: politics

Horsey women

I have my problems with them.

Published 26-Jul-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: horses, perverts, weirdos

[A consonant, a vowel, and two more consonants] this for a game of soldiers

Vorderman 'forced' to quit quiz.

Published 26-Jul-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: tv

Thank you

I receive a book from my wish list.

Published 24-Jul-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: books

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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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