Analysis of EU Referendum voting patterns shows strong correlation between lower educational qualifications and voting Leave.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Vegetative state
Iceberg lettuces and broccoli rationed as vegetable crisis hits supermarkets shock!
Quixotic grouse
Photo of a red grouse tilting at a wind turbine.
Trump inauguration
As usual, the Fall say all that needs to be said.
2016 in a nutshell
My sixth annual video slideshow of the year.
Book review: ‘Poetry Notebook’ by Clive James
Sorting the poetic wheat from chaff. To her great amusement during a recent telephone conversation, I explained to my friend Stense how, having finally managed to start appreciating certain poetry in recent years, I had just bought a collection by a poet whose earlier work I had very much enjoyed, only to find it utterly… Continue reading Book review: ‘Poetry Notebook’ by Clive James
Book review: ‘Love of Country’ by Madeleine Bunting
A Hebridean Journey. Love of Country documents numerous trips Madeleine Bunting made to different islands in the Hebrides: a region of the British Isles that contains a surprising amount of history. I enjoyed this book very much (although having the middle-name Lewis, I'm probably biased).
Book review: ‘Estuary’ by Rachel Lichtenstein
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
29 not out
I made my 29th consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau earlier today.
J.A.G.
My old headmaster has died.