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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

On the Moor

Book review: ‘On the Moor’ by Richard Carter

Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk. I like the cut of this chap’s jib. You should definitely buy this book.

Published 19-Dec-2017

Book review: ‘The Last Wilderness’ by Neil Ansell

A journey into silence.

Published 19-Dec-2017

Posting Stense’s Christmas present

Conversation with postmistress.

Published 07-Dec-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: christmas, conversations, stense

Head-case

Video: Trump does Talking Heads.

Published 04-Dec-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, trump, videos

Be honest, now, you were beginning to wonder why I’ve been so quiet…

I’m delighted to announce the launch of my book ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’.

Published 24-Nov-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: on the moor (book)

Lateral thinking

Why doesn't the UK stay in the EU, and leave the European Song Contest instead?

Published 23-Nov-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, europe

Book review: ‘Devotion’ by Patti Smith

Why she writes. Devotion is a short book in three parts: Part one describes Smith going about her writing process. To someone like me who tends to plan things out and write top-down, her writing technique seems spontaneous, haphazard, and bizarre. But as anyone who has read her previous book, M-Train will know, it’s a… Continue reading Book review: ‘Devotion’ by Patti Smith

Published 15-Nov-2017
Filed under: Uncategorised Tags: patti smith

End of an era

The Darwin tenner will become extinct next March

Published 14-Nov-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: charles darwin, money

Water-slide!!

Short video of a reservoir overspill.

Published 12-Oct-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: videos, yorkshire

Missing matter

The missing links between galaxies have finally been found.

Published 09-Oct-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astronomy

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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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