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Richard Carter

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Introducing Sidelines

Buttercups!

A new section on my website dedicated to the (mostly nature) writing I write ‘on the side’. Definitely not a diary. Definitely not a blog.

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Recent Articles

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  • 2018: a year in photos
    My eighth annual video slideshow.
  • Where has all the heather gone?
    The Moor is looking decidedly lacklustre this August.
  • The Rough Patch
    On the advantages of being a crap gardener.
  • Going camera-less
    Taking walks without lugging around a massive camera bag: it’ll never catch on!

Recent Newsletters

RSS Recent Newsletters

  • 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 Sidelines

RSS Sidelines – Richard Carter

  • 26 February 2019
    Unseasonably hot for February.
  • 25 February 2019
    A thrilling barn owl encounter.
  • 23 February 2019
    Checking out a future photo location.
  • 20 February 2019
    High tide at the Dee Marshes.

Recent Reviews

RSS Recent Reviews

  • Book review: ‘The Good Bee’ by Alison Benjamin & Brian McCallum
    A celebration of bees and how to save them.
  • Book review: ‘Under the Rock’ by Benjamin Myers
    The poetry of a place.
  • Book review: ‘Round About Town’ by Kevin Boniface
    Diary of a postman.
  • Book review: ‘The Tree’ by John Fowles
    Dissing science (and art) for no good reason.
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