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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Spotted a window of opportunity…

See also: The Devil Woman Game.

Published 27-Oct-2020
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: springsteen, twitter
‘Ghosts on the Shore’ by Paul Scraton

Book review: ‘Ghosts on the Shore’ by Paul Scraton

Travels along Germany’s Baltic coast.

Published 25-Oct-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: History, Travel Tags: reviews
‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould

Book review: ‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould

Reflections in Natural History.

Published 22-Oct-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: History, Science Tags: reviews, stephen jay gould
‘Ancestral Journeys’ by Jean Manco

Book review: ‘Ancestral Journeys’ by Jean Manco

The peopling of Europe from the first venturers to the Vikings.

Published 20-Oct-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: History, Science Tags: reviews

Innovative jams

Published 18-Oct-2020
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, twitter
‘The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century’ by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Book review: ‘The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century’ by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Looking at the world through the eyes of a 17th-century polymath.

Published 17-Oct-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Science Tags: reviews
‘The Secret History of Books’ by Tom Mole

Book review: ‘The Secret Life of Books’ by Tom Mole

Why they mean more than words.

Published 14-Oct-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture, Other Tags: reviews
‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez

Book review: ‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez

Deservedly seen as a classic.

Published 13-Oct-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: History, Nature Writing, Science Tags: reviews
‘Rising Ground’ by Philip Marsden

Book review: ‘Rising Ground’ by Philip Marsden

A search for the spirit of place.

Published 04-Oct-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: History, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘The Natural History of Selborne’ by Gilbert White

Book review: ‘The Natural History of Selborne’ by Gilbert White

A nature writing classic.

Published 27-Sep-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: reviews

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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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