I had no idea ‘jalfrezi’ was the Bengali word for ‘elephant’s nut-sack’.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Book review: ‘Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants’ by Ken Thompson
Darwin’s botany today.
Ever get the feeling you’ve been lied to AND cheated?
BBC: Arron Banks faces Brexit referendum spending probe The National Crime Agency is investigating Arron Banks and his Leave.EU campaign for alleged offences committed at the 2016 EU referendum. Mr Banks and another senior campaign figure, Liz Bilney, were referred to the agency by the Electoral Commission.
Book review: ‘Draft No. 4’ by John McPhee
Essays on factual writing.
Book review: ‘Watling Street’ by John Higgs
Travels through Britain and its ever-present past.
Book review: ‘All Among the Barley’ by Melissa Harrison
Rural idylls weren’t quite as idyllic as they seemed.
One for the Radio 3 crowd…
High-brow pun alert!
How do you like them apples?
Carolyn admires my enormous cox.
Charles Az-no-more
Charles Aznavour dies.
Book review: ‘In My Mind’s Eye’ by Jan Morris
A thought diary.