Out from London to the Sea. In Estuary, Rachel Lichtenstein travels on and about the Thames estuary, meeting people with different connections to the place: writers, artists, singers, sailors, bargemen, mudlarkers, cocklers, historians, naturalists, Sealanders. The book provides an interesting snapshot of a time when traditional ways of life around the estuary are dying out.… Continue reading Book review: ‘Estuary’ by Rachel Lichtenstein
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
29 not out
I made my 29th consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau earlier today.
J.A.G.
My old headmaster has died.
The colour of bullshit
Theresa May wants a red, white and blue Brexit.
Spectacular solution
My genius temporary solution to broken reading spectacles.
Film review: Jack Reacher (2012)
Tom Cruise has never won an Oscar. Not once. Not for Eyes Wide Shut. Not for Knight and Day. Not even for Mission: Impossible 2. He has come tantalisingly close a few times. Like when he played opposite Oscar-scooping Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. And when his first ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, won an Academy Award… Continue reading Film review: Jack Reacher (2012)
Theoretical frivolousness
In which I am bamboozled (once again) by the LRB.
Making America grate again
Those crazy Yanks think they can out-stupid us.
Judge not, lest ye be smirched
Why we should issue our judges with a copy of the Daily Heil and a rubber stamp
Book review: ‘Keeping On Keeping On’ by Alan Bennett
Volume three of his popular diaries (and other stuff). As with the previous two volumes in this series, Alan Bennett's diary entries from the last ten years are hugely entertaining, as are the articles that follow them. However, the inclusion of a couple of plays at the end of this thick and enjoyable third volume… Continue reading Book review: ‘Keeping On Keeping On’ by Alan Bennett