Guardian: Fracking banned in UK as government makes major U-turn
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Irritating tickle
I’m at the back end of a three-day cold, and have developed an irritating tickle in my throat which causes me to cough with irksome regularity. It occurs to me that the Irritating Tickle would make an excellent stage-name for a clown magician.
Book review: ‘The End of Epilepsy?’ by Dieter Schmidt & Simon Shorvon
A history of the modern era of epilepsy 1860–2010.
Book review: ‘Of Walking in Ice’ by Werner Herzog
A quest to save a friend.
Book review: ‘Animal Behaviour’ by Tristram D. Wyatt
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘The Light in the Dark’ by Horatio Clare
A winter journal.
Book review: ‘A Claxton Diary’ by Mark Cocker
Further field notes from a small planet.
Book review: ‘First You Write a Sentence’ by Joe Moran
The elements of reading, writing… and life.
Compare and Contrast
BBC (30-Sep-2019): …Prince Harry’s tribute comes after he claimed protecting nature was “fundamental to our survival”. Guardian (31-Oct-2007): Prince Harry quizzed by police about shooting of rare birds
His best shot
Somebody up there Whom I don’t believe in took His best shot with a lightning bolt yesterday. He was wide of the mark by a good 20 metres, but managed to take out a nearby telegraph pole. The ensuing electrical surge fried our landline, hub, data bridge, and expensive laser printer. Somewhat miraculously, our even… Continue reading His best shot