Today is officially the 23rd anniversary of my friendship with Stense. To celebrate, I've just looked up what song was number one in the charts 23 years ago today—‘our song’, so to speak. I wish I hadn't.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
The Time by the Sea
by Ronald Blythe Memoir of artistic friendships in Aldeburgh, 1955–1958. The Time by the Sea is veteran author Ronald Blythe's memoir of the three years he spent in Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Benjamin Britten and E.M. Forster. As with all of Blythe's non-fiction, it is a delightful read.… Continue reading The Time by the Sea
The Sea Inside
by Philip Hoare Whale-obsessed author explores our relationship with the sea. I loved Philip Hoare's big book about whales, Leviathan, so looked forward to reading The Sea Inside, which appeared to be something of a sequel. To be honest, I struggled to get into this book. It jumped around from subject to subject an awful… Continue reading The Sea Inside
Surf's up
Bruce Springsteen surfs the Yorkshire crowd.
A miracle child!
And, lo, it came to pass that a child was born in lowly Paddington, to humble parents.
This is what happens when you don't invest in nuclear power
Consumers to pay ‘dirty’ coal power subsidies for years.
Alas
Mel Smith dies.
Advent
According to my calculations, the Archangel Gabriel should be appearing to Princess Kate right about…
Gran-Lit
Eye-opening conversation between my niece and her grandma.
The North (And Almost Everything In It)
by Paul Morley (...but mostly Stockport) Paul Morley spends several chapters at the start of this long (584-page) homage to the North of England trying to define what people mean by The North. In Morley's case, The North is Stockport. If Stockport isn't specific enough, The North is primarily the Reddish area of Stockport. This… Continue reading The North (And Almost Everything In It)