Skip to content
Gruts

Gruts

🦆

  • Home
  • Contents
  • About
  • Books
  • Random

Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

2019 in a nutshell

My ninth annual video slideshow of the year.

Published 01-Jan-2020
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: ambient pap, slideshows, videos, yearly nutshells
‘Surfacing’ by Kathleen Jamie

Book review: ‘Surfacing’ by Kathleen Jamie

A third collection of wonderful essays from my favourite writer.

Published 31-Dec-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘The Offing’ by Benjamin Myers

Book review: ‘The Offing’ by Benjamin Myers

Summer friendship in the North Riding.

Published 28-Dec-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Fiction Tags: ben myers, reviews

32 not out

I made my 32nd consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau earlier today, accompanied, once again, by Carolyn and her clan. More photos here. While I’m at it, compare and contrast… Tempus does indeed fugit. See also: 31 not out 30 not out 29 not out 28 not out 27 not out 26 not out… Continue reading 32 not out

Published 24-Dec-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, carolyn's children, christmas, compare and contrast, moel famau
‘The Laws of Thermodynamics’ by Peter Atkins

Book review: ‘The Laws of Thermodynamics’ by Peter Atkins

A very short introduction.

Published 22-Dec-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Science Tags: reviews
‘Stour Seasons’ by Ronald Blythe

Book review: ‘Stour Seasons’ by Ronald Blythe

Book 10 in the Wormingford series.

Published 22-Dec-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing Tags: reviews, ronald blythe

That’s very big of you, Jeremy

Observer: I take my share of responsibility for this defeat, says Jeremy Corbyn …What percentage of the responsibility would than be, would you say?

Published 14-Dec-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, politics

#FallFriday

Friday the thirteenth.

Published 13-Dec-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, idiots, politics, the fall
‘Ness’ by Robert Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood

Book review: ‘Ness’ by Robert Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood

A haunting prose-poem (I think).

Published 08-Dec-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing, Poetry, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, robert macfarlane
‘Evolution’ by Brian & Deborah Charlesworth

Book review: ‘Evolution’ by Brian & Deborah Charlesworth

A very short introduction.

Published 08-Dec-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: History, Science Tags: reviews

Posts pagination

Newer posts Page 1 … Page 35 … Page 330 Older posts

BUY MY BOOK!

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
Buy at Amazon: UK | .com | etc.

RECENT PHOTOS

More photos »

RECENT READING

RECENT COMMENTS

  1. Oven on FAQ: Why is this website called Gruts?

    According to this book I have, ‘The Scots Dialect Dictionary’, published by Waverley Books Ltd, “grut” is “the refuse of…

  2. Tony Hollick on Decrepitude

    Happy birthday from the Nite Owl

  3. Jacky on Book review: ‘Is a River Alive?’ by Robert Macfarlane

    Dear Richard, I am browsing reviews of Is a river alive. Nobody dare pointing at the naked king. To take…

  4. Chris S on Bobby Brewster

    I remember H E Todd visiting our school in Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk in 1973 or 1974. It was a real…

  • @friendsofdarwin on Twitter
  • My Facebook page
  • My Instagram account
  • My photos on Flickr
Gruts

Made in Europe