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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Void

Scientists puzzle over enormous void.

Published 24-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astronomy, birmingham

The craic was moighty

Jen and I are back from a family reunion in Ireland.

Published 20-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: alcohol, guinness, ireland, jen

Hiatus

Off to see a man about a Guinness.

Published 16-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: ireland

The Mouse

Carolyn rescues one.

Published 15-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: alcohol, carolyn

Calling a spade a spade

Observer Astologer objects to being called an enemy of reason - bollocks!

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astrology, mumbo-jumbo

Sound science

This week, I finally got to carry out a little experiment I've been planning for some time.

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: aircraft, ears, experiments, science, sound

Nostril venting

Newspaper snippets that made stuff come out of Jen's nose.

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: nostril ventings

Much less brighter

Sir Elton's illiterate tribute to Isabella Blow.

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: elton john

Sharper than a spiv's pencil

My homemade lemonade was a tad tangy.

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: recipes

Vector

Foot-and-mouth disease blamed on human movement.

Published 09-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: badgers, foot and mouth

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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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