Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

I’m sure they’re only there to test their eyes

BBC: Ministers ‘reluctant’ to close beaches over crowdsA major incident has been declared in Bournemouth after people flocked to the coast The government is reluctant to close beaches after a major incident was declared in Bournemouth when thousands crowded the coast, Environment Secretary George Eustice has said.

It’s the end of a Vera

BBC: Dame Vera Lynn: Forces' Sweetheart dies aged 103Dame Vera Lynn, the Forces’ Sweetheart whose songs helped raise morale in World War Two, has died aged 103. The singer was best known for performing hits such as We’ll Meet Again to troops on the front line in countries including India and Egypt.

Viral marketing

Typically, my tweets on Twitter receive around 0–1 replies, 0–2 ‘Likes’, and 0–1 ‘Retweets’. Then, last night, I tweeted the following: If only I’d thought to include a shameless plug for my book at the same time! Schoolboy error.

Wise before and after the event

So, Boris ‘bus-liar’ Johnson’s chief political strategist, Dominic Cumberbatch—or someone with access to the password for his blog, at least—has been caught retrospectively doctoring an old blog post to make himself look far more prescient than he really is. That really is a very cheap trick. But it doesn’t surprise me one iota. In fact,… Continue reading Wise before and after the event