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Richard Carter

writer & photographer

A Secular Thought for the Day

Sistine Chapel ceiling

Let's drop the ‘Anno Domini’.

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Recent Articles

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  • The Rough Patch
    On the advantages of being a crap gardener.
  • High tides and volant voles
    An unplanned visit to the flooded Dee Marshes is rewarded with a wildlife spectacle.
  • 2017: a year in photos
    My seventh annual video slideshow review of the year.
  • My book is finally out!
    I’m delighted to announce the launch of my book ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’.

Recent Newsletters

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  • Newsletter No. 15: Semi-immersed
    writing & research · milestones · Anthea Bell · island wardens · hillforts · pubs · oak trees · ancient ships · self-improvement · Mark Cocker · Jan Morris · Melissa Harrison
  • Newsletter No. 14: The terror Carter’s warriors
    Liverpool · chinese warriors · Ben Myers · shoes on wires · Patti Smith · Wuthering Heights · stratigraphy · astronomy · ancient DNA · storm petrels · LIMONCELLO ICE CREAM!!
  • Newsletter No. 13: Bramblings!
    bramblings · wheatears · Mary Beard · Beaker folk · Meera Sodha · recipes · John Tyndall · Eunice Foote · religion · Ben Myers · Austin Kleon · Walter Benjamin · giant sloths · Shetland · Neil Ansell · Charles Darwin

Recent Notebook Entries

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  • A face for radio
    In which I am interviewed for a ‘radio’ documentary.
  • Where has all the heather gone?
    The Moor is looking decidedly lacklustre this August.
  • Limoncello ice-cream recipe
    An easy-peasy recipe that doesn’t require an ice-cream machine.
  • Going camera-less
    Taking walks without lugging around a massive camera bag: it’ll never catch on!

Recent Reviews

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  • Book review: ‘Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants’ by Ken Thompson
    Darwin’s botany today.
  • Book review: ‘Notes From Walnut Tree Farm’ by Roger Deakin
    The jottings of a great observer of nature’s minutiae.
  • Book review: ‘Draft No. 4’ by John McPhee
    Essays on factual writing.
  • Book review: ‘Watling Street’ by John Higgs
    Travels through Britain and its ever-present past.
  • Book review: ‘All Among the Barley’ by Melissa Harrison
    Rural idylls weren’t quite as idyllic as they seemed.
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