Jen's niece Lucy treated herself to a coffee at Starbucks last week. The barista evidently favoured phonetic spelling.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
2013 in a nutshell
As per the last two years, I've put together a video slideshow summing up the year just gone. Here it is.
Ambient Pap, Track 03: Beat Rootz
FREE: The third track from my forthcoming album.
Among Muslims
by Kathleen Jamie Meetings at the Frontiers of Pakistan. I only read this book because it happens to be by one of my favourite authors, Kathleen Jamie. I'm very glad I did. It tells of her visit to the frontiers of Pakistan, and of her return visit ten years later. She meets and stays with… Continue reading Among Muslims
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
by John le Carré There's a mole in the Circus. I don't tend to read much fiction. I enjoy it, but life's just too short to read stuff that isn't true. But I obtained several free unabridged John le Carré audiobooks a couple of years back as part of a promotional offer on the Guardian… Continue reading Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
by John le Carré Classic tale of deception behind the Iron Curtain. I don't tend to read much fiction. I enjoy it, but life's just too short to read stuff that isn't true. But I obtained several free unabridged John le Carré audiobooks a couple of years back as part of a promotional offer on… Continue reading The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
26 not out
I made my 26th consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau in North Wales earlier today.
That's no way to talk about Philip and Charles!
Hacking trial: Police 'told to leave Queen's nuts'
Compare and contrast
Hodgson v Titchmarsh.
Book review: ‘The Ongoing Moment’ by Geoff Dyer
A book about photography.