A celebration of the essay.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
News from ‘The North’
Manchester United v. Liverpool: a ‘derby match’… Where I come from, them’s fighting words. But I appreciate the Torygraph is a tad vague with geography north of Hampstead.
Libellous
Hebden Bridge trending on Twitter.
What’s the worst that can happen?
Guardian: Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts
Free idea…
Someone should write a browser extension to change every use of the word(s) ‘PM’ or ‘Prime Minister’ to ‘Knobhead’.
Book review: ‘The Circling Sky’ by Neil Ansell
On nature and belonging in an ancient forest.
There’s no present like the time
My watch is 40 years old today… …a 16th birthday present from my mum. £85—bought in instalments from the Littlewoods catalogue. Thanks, mum.
Book review: ‘How to Take Smart Notes’ by Sönke Ahrens
One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking: for students, academics and nonfiction book writers.
Book review: ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf
Streams of consciousness in the Hebrides.
Book review: ‘Congenial Spirits’ by Virginia Woolf
The selected letters of Virginia Woolf.