Researching human evolution, human and animal emotions, and sexual selection.
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
A brace of raptors
Two close-encounters with murderous birds in as many days.
A good reason not to write in books
Some people claim seeing your old notes and annotations when you return to a favourite book enhances the experience. I beg to differ.
Anglesey 2023
What we saw on our annual holiday in Anglesey.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part 2 • 1868’
Researching human evolution and expressions, and revising ‘On the Origin of Species’.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part 1 • 1868’
Researching human evolution and expressions.
Book Review: ‘One Midsummer’s Day’ by Mark Cocker
Swifts and the story of life on earth.
Book Review: ‘Writing Tools’ by Roy Peter Clark
An excellent collection of writing advice.
Book review: ‘Affinities’ by Brian Dillon
Exploring our relationships with images.
‘Lesser’ truth v artistic licentiousness
I don’t buy claims that paintings are more accurate than photographs, and novels more truthful than factual writing.
Book review: ‘Next to Nature’ by Ronald Blythe
A lifetime in the English countryside.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 15 • 1867’
Correcting proofs and researching human evolution, sexual selection, and expressions.