A quest to save a friend.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Book review: ‘Animal Behaviour’ by Tristram D. Wyatt
A very short introduction.
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.
Book review: ‘The Light in the Dark’ by Horatio Clare
A winter journal.
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
I’m confused…
I thought it was the EU that was supposed to be ‘undemocratic’… BBC: Supreme Court: Suspending Parliament was unlawful, judges ruleBoris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. Mr Johnson suspended—or prorogued—Parliament for five weeks earlier this month, but the court said it was wrong to stop MPs carrying out… Continue reading I’m confused…
Senior moment
In the latest of my increasingly common ‘senior moments’, I just opened a carton of grapefruit juice and poured its contents over my cereal. I think that must be what they refer to as a ‘continental breakfast’. (The only valid argument I’ve heard so far in favour of Brexit.)
The Boss turns 70
To mark the 70th birthday of Bruce Springsteen, who was born in the USA on this day in 1949, a timely reminder of the time I duetted with him (sort of) at a packed Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, way back in 2008. Happy birthday, Boss!