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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin volume 8

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’

Letters to and from Darwin in the immediate aftermath of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.

Published 31-Dec-2018
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History Tags: reviews
Philip Larkin Collected Poems

Book review: ‘Philip Larkin: Collected Poems’ edited by Anthony Thwaite

All of Larkin’s poems in one handy volume.

Published 31-Dec-2018
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry Tags: poetry, reviews
31 not out

31 not out

I made my 31st consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau earlier today, accompanied by Carolyn and her clan.

Published 24-Dec-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, christmas, moel famau

“This is about my middle parts…”

Haunting toast documentary.

Published 20-Dec-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: toast, videos
W.G. Sebald by Uwe Schütte

Book review: ‘W.G. Sebald’ by Uwe Schütte

The writer and his work.

Published 16-Dec-2018

Bloody hypocrites!

Conservative MPs are voting on whether Theresa May should stay as their leader.

Published 12-Dec-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, politics

Say three ‘Hail Mary’s and a ‘How’s Your Father’

Let he who is without sin among you…

Published 11-Dec-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: gambling, nuns, religion

Punning from the rough

Golf pun mayhem!

Published 06-Dec-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: golf, puns, sport

What is this… Korea?

Dog mince on sale in Hebden Bridge SHOCK!

Published 01-Dec-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: food, hebden bridge

Don’t remember reading that one on the side of a bus…

Philip Hammond: Brexit will leave UK economy worse off.

Published 28-Nov-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, politics

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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
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