Skip to content

writer & photographer

About
Contents
Books
Newsletter
Writing

Month: August 2018

A face for radio

In which I am interviewed for a ‘radio’ documentary.

Published 31-Aug-2018

Filed under: News, Writing

Where has all the heather gone?

The Moor is looking decidedly lacklustre this August.

Published 09-Aug-2018

Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, nature waiting, On the Moor (book), proto-sidelines, the Moor, videos

Recent Newsletters

Newsletter No. 22: His glib, beardless chops
Insensitive teenager · Helen Macdonald · Patrick Barkham · Richard Mabey · Julian Hoffman · photography · Mars · Christina Riley · icebergs · bowling alleys · cassette tapes · Richard Thompson · Antikythera mechanism · and more…
Newsletter No. 21: Positively sluggish
Richard Mabey · Tim Dee · Mark Cocker · Amy Liptrot · Kathleen Jamie · Patti Smith · Alan Bennett · Melissa Harrison · Urban Birder · Patrick Wright · Clive James · and more…

Recent Sidelines

11 April 2021
Snow and bluebells
10 April 2021
A spot of nature waiting.
9 April 2021
A walk along Blackstone Edge.
8 April 2021
A walk round Withens Clough reservoir.

Recent Articles

Giving fiascos a bad name
How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.

News

2020: a year in photos
My tenth annual video slideshow.
Bats podcast piece
I make a guest appearance in episode 16 of Melissa Harrison’s podcast ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’. Here’s an extended version.

Recent Reading

Recent Photos

Richard Carter Writing & Photography on Facebook
Richard Carter (@friendsofdarwin) on Twitter
My photos on Flickr
My photos on Instagram
RSS feed of all new content this site

Richard Carter

The whole is greater than some of its parts