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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

‘The White Album’ by Joan Didion

Book Review: ‘The White Album’ by Joan Didion

New Journalism from the late-1960s and early 1970s.

Published 17-Jun-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘Dead and Alive’ by Zadie Smith

Book Review: ‘Dead and Alive’ by Zadie Smith

A fantastic collection of essays.

Published 12-Jun-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘The Given World’ by Melissa Harrison

Book Review: ‘The Given World’ by Melissa Harrison

Things go out of kilter in the Welm Valley.

Published 12-Jun-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
‘Vertigo’ by Harald Jähner

Book Review: ‘Vertigo’ by Harald Jähner

The rise and fall of Weimar Germany, 1918–1933.

Published 12-Jun-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture, History Tags: reviews
‘Vivian Maier Developed’ by Ann Marks

Book Review: ‘Vivian Maier Developed’ by Ann Marks

The unearthed biography of a lauded photographic nanny.

Published 08-May-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: photography, reviews
Landscapes: John Berger on Art

Book Review: ‘Landscapes’ by John Berger

Excellent essay collection on art and culture.

Published 07-May-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘Life Between the Tides’ by Adam Nicolson

Book Review: ‘Life Between the Tides’ by Adam Nicolson

In search of rockpools and other miracles.

Published 09-Apr-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: reviews
‘Enough Said’ by Alan Bennett

Book Review: ‘Enough Said’ by Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett’s fourth volume of diaries.

Published 05-Apr-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: reviews
‘On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects’ by Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects’ by Charles Darwin

Darwin responds to his critics.

Published 05-Apr-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Nature Writing, Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘The Edge of Silence’ by Neil Ansell

Book Review: ‘The Edge of Silence’ by Neil Ansell

In search of the disappearing sounds of nature.

Published 05-Apr-2026
Filed under: Nonsense Genres: Nature Writing Tags: reviews

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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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