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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

‘Lines in the Sand’ by A.A. Gill

Book review: ‘Lines in the Sand’ by A.A. Gill

Collected journalism.

Published 03-Feb-2021
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Other Tags: AA Gill, reviews
‘All Points North’ by Simon Armitage

Book review: ‘All Points North’ by Simon Armitage

Humorous memoir from the future Poet Laureate.

Published 01-Feb-2021

Damn! Looks as if our poor hedgehogs are totally screwed, then!

BBC: Chris Grayling leads MPs' charge to save hedgehogs

Published 26-Jan-2021
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: idiots, politics
‘The Fire of Joy’ by Clive James

Book review: ‘The Fire of Joy’ by Clive James

Roughly eighty poems to get by heart and say aloud.

Published 24-Jan-2021
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry Tags: reviews
‘The Sea View Has Me Again’ by Patrick Wright

Book review: ‘The Sea View Has Me Again’ by Patrick Wright

Uwe Johnson in Sheerness (1974–1984).

Published 21-Jan-2021
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History Tags: reviews

This Brexit nonsense is getting out of hand…

Jelly and gravy shortage shock!

Published 19-Jan-2021
Filed under: Nonsense
‘The Stubborn Light of Things’ by Melissa Harrison

Book review: ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’ by Melissa Harrison

A nature diary.

Published 12-Jan-2021
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: reviews

Taking back control

Independent: Government to let farmers use bee-killing pesticide banned in EU

Published 09-Jan-2021
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: bees, brexit

Life imitates The Fall

Like a belligerent Trump supporter in Washington D.C., this week’s #FallFriday is a total no-brainer.

Published 08-Jan-2021
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: the fall, trump, videos

Oh good grief, what now?

The South Atlantic Anomaly: a growing weak spot in Earth's magnetic field

Published 07-Jan-2021
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: coronavirus, geophysics, trump

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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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