Richard Carter

Book review: ‘The Running Hare’ by John Lewis-Stempel

The secret life of farmland.
Book review: ‘Bread of Angels’ by Patti Smith

A memoir.
Book review: ‘The Way of the Hermit’ by Ken Smith

40 years in the Scottish wilderness.
The real Wuthering Heights

In which I rant about the West Yorkshire Pennines’ identity crisis.
Feel-good February

This disconcertingly mild winter, I’m going to enjoy February or die in the attempt.
Book review: ‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen

More of the same from Jane.
2025: a year in photos

My fifteenth annual video slideshow.
Book review: ‘I Remember’ by Joe Brainard

A short memoir of random recollections.
Book review: ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’ by Rebecca Solnit

Don’t be put off trying to make a better world… Keep going!
Book review: ‘Men Explain Things to Me’ by Rebecca Solnit

Essays on feminism for everyone.
Charles Darwin reviews Jane Austen

A short piece to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth.
Book review: ‘Under the Sun: the letters of Bruce Chatwin’

The correspondence of an unusual and gifted writer.