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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

‘Hawkfall’ by George Mackay Brown

Book review: ‘Hawkfall and Other Stories’ by George Mackay Brown

Orcadian short stories.

Published 22-Apr-2019
‘Keep Going’ by Austin Kleon

Book review: ‘Keep Going’ by Austin Kleon

Ten ways to stay creative in good times and bad.

Published 22-Apr-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘The Gifts of Reading’ by Robert Macfarlane

Book review: ‘The Gifts of Reading’ by Robert Macfarlane

The joy of giving books as presents.

Published 22-Apr-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews

Hands up if you’re a wanker

Soccer player definitely not a Nazi.

Published 16-Apr-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: nazis, soccer

At the park

Conversation with two kids.

Published 14-Apr-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, dogs, molly
‘Time Song’ by Julia Blackburn

Book review: ‘Time Song’ by Julia Blackburn

Searching for Doggerland

Published 29-Mar-2019
‘The Tree’ by John Fowles

Book review: ‘The Tree’ by John Fowles

Dissing science (and art) for no good reason.

Published 29-Mar-2019
‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’ by Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’ by Charles Darwin

How animals and people express emotions, and what this tells us about our ancestry.

Published 29-Mar-2019
‘Under the Rock’ by Benjamin Myers

Book review: ‘Under the Rock’ by Benjamin Myers

The poetry of a place.

Published 29-Mar-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing, Poetry Tags: ben myers

Double standards

MPs get to vote three times; the public only once.

Published 15-Mar-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, idiots, 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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