by Janet Owen An archaeological biography of John Lubbock John Lubbock is one of those people I've always intended to find out more about, but have never got round to it. Well, now I have. Janet Owen's biography of Lubbock, published 100 years after his death in 1913, concentrates primarily on his archaeological and ethnographic… Continue reading Darwin's Apprentice
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Book review: ‘A Place in the Country’ by W.G. Sebald
Essays on five writers and a painter who influenced Sebald’s work.
Some people are never bloody satisfied
It has been suggested to me that my scoop about Stense sitting on a hill with her dog last Thursday was somewhat unsatisfactory, in that it was totally un-newsworthy.
Scoop
In which I publish a major scoop as to precisely what Stense was up to at 19:20 on Thursday, 30th May, 2013.
The Reckoning
For a birthday present, Stense recently bought me a year's membership to the Random Book Club. The idea is, each month, this bookshop in Scotland sends you a random book to read.
Floating in a tin can
The International Space Station's Commander Hadfield knocks one out of the park.
Waa, waa!!
Tomorrow, the Fall release their difficult thirtieth album, Re-Mit.
Dispensation
Queen's speech to feature new curbs on migrants from EU.
Yoga for People Who Can't be Bothered to Do It
by Geoff Dyer Occasionally amusing travel pieces. I only discovered Geoff Dyer's writing recently. I very much enjoyed his Working the Room and The Missing of the Somme, but Yoga for People Who Can't be Bothered to Do It didn't do much for me, I'm afraid to say. The individual ‘travel’ pieces were OK, but… Continue reading Yoga for People Who Can't be Bothered to Do It
Book review: ‘The Overhaul’ by Kathleen Jamie
A fantastic poetry collection.