Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 19 • 1871’
A busy year for Darwin: ‘The Descent of Man’ published, with another book on the way, and the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’.
Taking the Mickey
Until this morning, I thought Steamboat Willie was some unmentionable medical condition, but I stand corrected… BBC: Disney’s earliest Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter public domain as US copyright expires
2023 in a nutshell
My thirteenth annual video slide-show of the year.
Book review: ‘Days Like These’ by Brian Bilston
An alternative guide to the year in 366 poems.
Book review: ‘The World-Ending Fire‘ by Wendell Berry
The essential Wendell Berry
Levelling up London’s potholes
In case you were wondering where the government intends to invest all that ‘saved’ HS2 funding… Department for Transport: Government invests £235 million to upgrade and repair roads across London Allocations for London boroughs to improve capital’s roads announced • long-term investment to make roads safer and smoother using redirected funding from HS2 • according… Continue reading Levelling up London’s potholes
Book review: ‘Writing Landscape’ by Linda Cracknell
Essays on landscape and writing.
Book review: ‘Napoleon’ by David A. Bell
A short introduction.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 18 • 1870’
Putting the finishing touches to ‘The Descent of Man’.