Richard Carter
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Putting the wet in wetland
Our moorlands are—or should be—important wetland habitats.
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Book review: ‘Doubling Back’ by Linda Cracknell
Ten paths trodden in memory.
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Book review: ‘Wanderlust’ by Rebecca Solnit
A history of walking.
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Grouse in winter
How red grouse change their habits in cold weather.
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Tales of derring-don’t
I’m beginning to wonder whether I might inadvertently have begun to invent a new sub-genre of ‘nature writing’.
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Primroses v Wurlitzers
George Orwell on the simpler pleasures.
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Prize-winning author lost on Moor
When your instincts and your compass disagree, trust your instincts. I mean your compass.
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Sebald’s TV listing
When you enter into Sebald’s universe, it seems to me, you have to play along.
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What I read in 2014
I read 36 books in 2014. This shows an uncharacteristic degree of consistency on my behalf.
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Let’s go!
By the time he was my age, John Lennon had been dead for almost ten years.
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A new favourite place
A walk with an old friend on the Cumbrian coast.