Skip to content

Richard Carter

writer & photographer

  • About
  • Contents
  • Books
  • Newsletter
  • Writing
    • Sidelines
    • Articles
    • Reviews

Writing tagged: ‘Helen Macdonald’

Newsletter No. 22: His glib, beardless chops

Birthday cake

Insensitive teenager · Helen Macdonald · Patrick Barkham · Richard Mabey · Julian Hoffman · photography · Mars · Christina Riley · icebergs · bowling alleys · cassette tapes · Richard Thompson · Antikythera mechanism · and more…

Published 02-Apr-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Helen Macdonald, Julian Hoffman, Patrick Barkham, Richard Mabey

RSS Recent Newsletters

  • Newsletter No. 22: His glib, beardless chops
    Insensitive teenager · Helen Macdonald · Patrick Barkham · Richard Mabey · Julian Hoffman · photography · Mars · Christina Riley · icebergs · bowling alleys · cassette tapes · Richard Thompson · Antikythera mechanism · and more…
  • Newsletter No. 21: Positively sluggish
    Richard Mabey · Tim Dee · Mark Cocker · Amy Liptrot · Kathleen Jamie · Patti Smith · Alan Bennett · Melissa Harrison · Urban Birder · Patrick Wright · Clive James · and more…

RSS Recent Sidelines

  • 11 April 2021
    Snow and bluebells
  • 10 April 2021
    A spot of nature waiting.
  • 9 April 2021
    A walk along Blackstone Edge.
  • 8 April 2021
    A walk round Withens Clough reservoir.

RSS Recent Articles

  • Giving fiascos a bad name
    How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
  • Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
    To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.

RSS News

  • 2020: a year in photos
    My tenth annual video slideshow.
  • Bats podcast piece
    I make a guest appearance in episode 16 of Melissa Harrison’s podcast ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’. Here’s an extended version.

Recent Reading

Recent Photos

More photos »
  • Richard Carter Writing & Photography on Facebook
  • Richard Carter (@friendsofdarwin) on Twitter
  • My photos on Flickr
  • My photos on Instagram
  • RSS feed of all new content this site
Richard Carter

The whole is greater than some of its parts