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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Heligoland

Book review: ‘Heligoland’ by Jan Rüger

Britain, Germany, and the struggle for the North Sea.

Published 30-Apr-2018
Triggers

Book review: ‘Triggers’ by Marshall Goldsmith

Sparking positive change and making it last. I bought this book having heard a favourable review of it on one of my favourite podcasts. It’s a self-help book about changing yourself for the better. It sounded pretty constructive. There are a few useful, although hardly ground-breaking suggestions in this book. And it’s pretty readable—although, as… Continue reading Book review: ‘Triggers’ by Marshall Goldsmith

Published 30-Apr-2018

Making traffic lights of the situation

Amber Rudd resigns as home secretary.

Published 30-Apr-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: politics, puns

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE (3)!!

Bridegroom’s only brother to be best man shock!

Published 26-Apr-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: nasty little ginger shit, royal weddings, royalty

Taking back control

Brexit blamed as record number of EU nurses give up on Britain.

Published 25-Apr-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, health, stupidity

Not the droid you’re looking for

Okey-Banokey!

Published 18-Apr-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, dad, films, movies, star wars

Jab, jab, and a quick left-rook

Boxing/chess.

Published 13-Apr-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: hebden bridge times, sport

Don’t try this at home

Saying ‘boo’ to a goose.

Published 05-Apr-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: birds, geese, videos

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE (2)!!

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle choose flowers SHOCK!

Published 01-Apr-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: nasty little ginger shit, royal weddings, royalty

Bird impersonator

Pigeon gossip’s legal defence.

Published 24-Mar-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: birds, spies

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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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