Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

She Stopes to Conquer

Joan Smith, writing in the February 2020 edition of the Literary Review: It’s a surprise to discover that [Marie] Stopes was an enthusiastic playwright and even had a play, bizarrely entitled Our Ostriches, performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1923. […] Another Stopes script drew a sharp rejoinder from George Bernard Shaw: ‘Short of… Continue reading She Stopes to Conquer

Nasty little ginger quit

BBC: In full: The Sussexes' statement and the Buckingham Palace responseThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have released a statement saying they intend to step back as senior members of the Royal Family. (See what I did, there?)