On our most valuable but least appreciated resource.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Me…?
Me…?The First Lord of the Treasury…?Here, in this place…?At an illicit party…?With unelected bureaucrats…?With my reputation…? (......BINGO!)
Book review: ‘Writing to Learn’ by William Zinsser
The best way to find out if you understand something is to write about it.
Book review: ‘The Art of Creative Nonfiction’ by Lee Gutkind
Writing and selling the literature of reality.
Book review: ‘A Year Unfolding’ by Angela Harding
A printmaker’s view.
“Driver, take me to the nearest fridge!”
Guardian: Boris Johnson unlikely to be seen in public for a week, says Downing St
Frequent liar smiles
(See what I did, there?)
Pimms Questions
BBC: '100 invited' to Downing Street garden lockdown drinksAs many as 100 people were invited to a “bring-your-own-booze” drinks event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown, it is understood. […] But Boris Johnson has declined to say whether he was among those there. (See what I did, there?)
2021 in a nutshell
My eleventh annual video slideshow of the year.
Book review: ‘A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year’ edited by Jane McMorland Hunter
A poetry anthology.