Richard Carter
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Autumn alignments
Our kitchen might not be of World Heritage Site calibre just yet, but each autumn there comes a reminder that our house sits on the same spinning rock as Stonehenge and Newgrange.
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Back-endish
How a mere week can make a big difference in the natural world.
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The best camera
My point-and-shoot camera turned out to be the best camera in the world yesterday.
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Book review: ‘The Making of the Fittest’ by Sean B Carroll
DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.
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Seeing purple
The Moor is at peak-purple at this time of year, with the heather in full bloom.
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Bookshelf triage
When bookshelves become full, only the fittest volumes survive.
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Book review: ‘A Rough Ride to the Future’ by James Lovelock
A thought-provoking, sometimes infuriating book.
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The nearly dead tree
Each spring, I visit a particular corner of the Moor to check if an old friend has managed to survive another winter.
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In the wilderness of Wirral
An unwelcome modern intrusion into one of my favourite wildernesses takes me on an unplanned medieval journey in reverse.
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Hell or middle-management training? Ask Pope Benedict
The former pope reportedly sees management training as torment. As a conception of hell, it makes more sense than everlasting fire.
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Anglesey
About my—and my mum’s—childhood holidays on the Welsh island of Anglesey.