The BBC struggles to describe the late General Manuel Antonio Noriega.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Book review: ‘The Gallows Pole’ by Benjamin Myers
18th-century Yorkshire meets the Sopranos: intrigue, betrayal, murder, and revenge in the Calder Valley.
Book review: ‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag
Wonderful insights marred by pretentious language. I first encountered the late Susan Sontag on the much-missed, long-defunct late-night BBC 2 Arts programme The Late Show. Sontag was being interviewed by a clearly besotted Michael Ignatieff. She came across as a fascinating and charming intellectual with plenty of interesting stuff to say. Ever since, as a… Continue reading Book review: ‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag
Millie
A video of Stense's dog going walkies.
Wearenotamused
I woke up this morning to find one of Carolyn's random text-message queries awaiting me.
Rare treat
Just about the only benefit of spending hundreds of hours chasing your farmer friend's cattle across field and moor is that, every once in a while, you get to eat your arch-nemesis.
First in line
Trump puts EU ahead of Britain total non-shock!
Paintstaking
Paint frivolity.
Book review: ‘Built on Bones’ by Brenna Hassett
15,000 years of urban life and death.
Book review: ‘Selected Letters of Philip Larkin’ (Anthony Thwaite, ed.)
Hugely entertaining correspondence from one of Britain’s most popular poets.