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Author: Richard Carter

Richard Carter is a writer and photo­grapher living in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. He is currently working on a book about looking at the world through Darwin’s eyes.Website · Newsletter · Mastodon · Facebook

Laptop desk
My improvised laptop reading and note-making desk. (And, yes, I totally pulled in my stomach for this photo.)

My makeshift desks

In which I unwittingly mimic my hero with the aid of an old chopping board.

Published 21-May-2023
Filed under: #AmWriting, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, note-making, on writing
‘The Creative Act’ by Rick Rubin

Book Review: ‘The Creative Act’ by Rick Rubin

A way of being.

Published 14-May-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, Essays Tags: on writing
‘Aftermath’ by Harald Jähner

Book Review: ‘Aftermath’ by Harald Jähner

Life in the fallout of the Third Reich.

Published 14-May-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 13 • 1865 (plus supplement)

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 13 • 1865 plus supplement (1822–1864)’

Yet more ill-heath, with slow progress on Darwin’s ‘big book’.

Published 14-May-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
‘Radical By Nature’ by James T. Costa

Book Review: ‘Radical By Nature’ by James T. Costa

The revolutionary life of Alfred Russel Wallace.

Published 14-May-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 12 • 1864

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 12 • 1864’

More sickness, more botany.

Published 26-Apr-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863’

Six months of illness, and lots of botany.

Published 10-Apr-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
Duchenne facial expressions image
Demonstration of the mechanics of facial expression. Duchenne and an assistant ‘faradise’ the mimetic muscles of ‘the Old Man’. (Source: Wikipedia)

LRB letter: ‘The reaction economy’

On Charles Darwin’s use of photography in his book about human and animal emotions.

Published 19-Mar-2023
Filed under: Articles, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: correspondence, history, history of science, LRB, photography, science
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862’

Darwin grows in confidence.

Published 06-Mar-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
‘Pride And Prejudice’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Pride And Prejudice‘ by Jane Austen

More toffs wittering on about stuff.

Published 06-Mar-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: fiction, Jane Austen, reviews
‘Darwin Comes to Town‘ by Menno Schilthuizen

Book review: ‘Darwin Comes to Town’ by Menno Schilthuizen

How the urban jungle drives evolution

Published 06-Mar-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Science Tags: evolution, reviews
Manuscript page of ‘On the Origin of Species’
Manuscript page from the first edition of On the Origin of Species.

Charles Darwin’s book-writing process

Charles Darwin’s approach to book-writing went through four key stages…

Published 12-Feb-2023
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, on writing

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