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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Prophetic words

Cameron on the mark!

Published 16-Jan-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, politics

Nanny states

Citizens advised not to be stupid.

Published 12-Jan-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: idiots

Carolyn is confused

In which Carolyn and I fail to communicate.

Published 02-Jan-2019
Filed under: Nonsense

2018 in a nutshell

My eighth annual video slideshow of the year.

Published 01-Jan-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: ambient pap, slideshows, videos, yearly nutshells
The Diary of a Bookseller

Book review: ‘The Diary of a Bookseller’ by Shaun Bythell

A year in the life of a Scottish bookseller.

Published 31-Dec-2018
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
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

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Newer posts Page 1 … Page 47 … Page 332 Older posts

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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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