A rare recording of a village peasant sprawled next to the drainage ditch reciting Captain Beefheart’s 'The Old Fart At Play'.
Nonsense
Prime Minister does God
Cameron says the UK is a Christian country.
Prepare to be astonished…
Video of amazing maths calculation on Countdown.
W.G. Sebald ten years on
Thoughts on WG Sebald on the tenth anniversary of his death.
Get within kicking distance and throw the ball to Jonny
Jonny Wilkinson retires from test rugby.
Grut, F.
Alfred Russel Wallace knew an F. Grut.
Twitch
Short-eared owl and hen harrier spotted.
Never thought I'd get to use this sentence
Jen just washed the Parmesan.
Namesake part deux
In which another Richard Carter contacts me about my earlier post about him.
Recommended reading
Guardian recommends books on eating pigs and weeds to vegetarians.