I get that ‘equi-nox’ = ‘equal night’, but what we all really want to know is who’s this Vernon chap it’s named after? Postscript (5 hours later): OK, so, the Internet is weird. Someone on Twitter has just thanked me for the above crappy joke, which he immediately used as the inspiration for a short… Continue reading Equinox
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe
A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
That’s far more polite than I would have put it.
Guardian: People with extremist views less able to do complex mental tasks, research suggests
Jabsolutely nothing to declare
BBC: Covid: Minister rules out vaccine passports in UK Apparently, nobody could agree what colour they should be.
Book review: ‘Lines in the Sand’ by A.A. Gill
Collected journalism.
Book review: ‘All Points North’ by Simon Armitage
Humorous memoir from the future Poet Laureate.
Damn! Looks as if our poor hedgehogs are totally screwed, then!
BBC: Chris Grayling leads MPs' charge to save hedgehogs
Book review: ‘The Fire of Joy’ by Clive James
Roughly eighty poems to get by heart and say aloud.
Book review: ‘The Sea View Has Me Again’ by Patrick Wright
Uwe Johnson in Sheerness (1974–1984).
This Brexit nonsense is getting out of hand…
Jelly and gravy shortage shock!