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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Well, that’s that: I’m definitely not climbing it now

BBC: Mt Everest grows by nearly a metre to new heightThe world’s highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced.

Published 08-Dec-2020
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: mountains

No relation to Janet

BBC: Ex-Great Ormond Street porter faces sex charges

Published 26-Nov-2020
Filed under: Nonsense
‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin, 1st edition, title page

Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)

…or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

Published 19-Nov-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Science Tags: charles darwin, reviews
‘Agent Running in the Field’ by John le Carré

Book review: ‘Agent Running in the Field’ by John le Carré

Spycraft and badminton in Brexit Britain.

Published 14-Nov-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
‘Renegade’ by Mark E Smith

Book review: ‘Renegade’ by Mark E. Smith

The lives and tales of Mark E. Smith.

Published 01-Nov-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews, the fall

Here we go again!

With Lockdown 2.0 rapidly approaching, I’ve just been out panic-buying a few staples.

Published 01-Nov-2020
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: coronavirus
‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts

Book review: ‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts

Ten species that changed our world.

Published 30-Oct-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: History, Science Tags: alice roberts, reviews

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

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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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