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Richard Carter

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Book review: ‘Ravilious & Co.’ by Andy Friend

Ravilious & Co.

The Pattern of Friendship.

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RSS Recent Articles

  • High tides and volant voles
    An unplanned visit to the flooded Dee Marshes is rewarded with a wildlife spectacle.
  • 2017: a year in photos
    My seventh annual video slideshow review of the year.
  • My book is finally out!
    I’m delighted to announce the launch of my book ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’.
  • Grandma’s organ donation
    On the mysterious arrival, and equally mysterious disappearance, of a Wurlitzer organ.

RSS Recent Newsletters

  • Newsletter No. 12: Unspeakable things beneath the shrubs
    Mark E Smith · Alan Bennett · Carl Linnaeus · Ronald Blythe · human evolution · flu epidemics · Great Exhibition of the North · Charles Darwin · insects · introverts · Virginia Woolf · John Tyndall
  • Newsletter No. 11: Penguin eggs and yetis
    Sir Thomas Browne · Saturn · penguin eggs · heroes of science · evolution of languages · nature books · dna barcoding · periodic table · Alice Roberts · geology
  • Newsletter No. 10: Book launch
    24-Nov-2017: 158 years ago today saw the publication of my hero Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’. What better excuse could I possibly need for choosing today to launch my own book, ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’.

RSS Recent Notebook Entries

  • The appearance of my child
    This afternoon, I received my proof copy of ‘On the Moor’.
  • Feedback sought: Potential covers for my book
    I’ve been experimenting with some different cover designs for my book ‘On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk’, and would be interested in receiving any feedback you might have.
  • What I did on my holidays
    An Anglesey timelapse video.
  • Going physical
    In which I get out there in meat-space.

RSS Recent Reviews

  • Book review: ‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson
    A long-overdue biography of the Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual.
  • Book reviews: ‘Charles Darwin: Voyaging’ • ‘Charles Darwin: The Power of Place’
    A magnificent two-volume biography.
  • Book review: ‘The Last Wilderness’ by Neil Ansell
    A journey into silence.
  • Book review: ‘Ravilious & Co.’ by Andy Friend
    The Pattern of Friendship.
  • Book review: ‘The Dun Cow Rib’ by John Lister-Kaye
    A very natural childhood.
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