How predictable is evolution?
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Pineapples and porcupines…
A prickly pair.
Reaching out
I'll tell you what's mildly irritating: people who say ‘reached out to’ when they mean ‘contacted’.
Book review: ‘In the Artist’s Garden’ by Ronald Blythe
Book 9 in the Wormingford series.
Book review: ‘For the Time Being’ by Annie Dillard
Strange essay collection that doesn't quite work. I read this book immediately after reading Annie Dillard's essay collections Teaching a Stone to Talk and The Abundance. I was hopeful that I would enjoy this book as it was the original source of one of my favourite essays from The Abundance. Unfortunately, I struggled a great… Continue reading Book review: ‘For the Time Being’ by Annie Dillard
Book review: ‘The Abundance’ by Annie Dillard
Enigmatic essays. I read The Abundance immediately after reading Annie Dillard's earlier collection of essays Teaching a Stone to Talk. Once again, I was impressed at her skill of choosing off-beat essay topics which often end up making surprisingly profound observations. If anything, I think I preferred this collection.
Book review: ‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard
An eclectic mix of science, nature and memoir.
The Pop-star Biscuit Game
In which I invent a game about pop-stars who sound like biscuits.
On the trot
Vegetarian diet twice as effective for weight-loss, new research shows.
Theron lies the difference
BBC: Celebrity names you’re probably saying wrong As Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot can do anything - apart from getting people to pronounce her name correctly. Turns out I’ve been mispronouncing Charlize Theron’s name for years. I wondered why she never returned my calls.