I’m a writer and photographer based in Hebden Bridge in the West Yorkshire Pennines.
My interests include the natural world, the British countryside, science in general, and Charles Darwin in particular. I combined these interests in my first book, On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk. It’s about digging deeper into the things I encounter on my local patch. It’s good: you should definitely check it out—by which, I mean buy it.
I’m currently working on a book about looking at the world through Darwin’s eyes.
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RICH TEXT: My personal newsletter about science, history and nature writing.
DARWIN NEWSLETTER: Celebrating the grandeur in Charles Darwin’s view of life.
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Rich Text newsletter No. 36: ‘Such an ugly looking baby’ A startling personal revelation • an ugly baby • a bad pun about crossword puzzles • some sound advice from Kathleen Jamie, and all the usual links and book reviews.
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On the Moor: science, history and nature on a country walk
Carter cleverly weaves in science at every opportunity, whether it’s inspired by direct observations of birds and animals and plants […] or spinning off from a trig point onto the geometric methods of surveying through history all the way up to GPS. […] All in all, this is probably best described as a great ramble on the moor with an expert guide. […] It’s a wuthering wonder.
—Brian Clegg, science author and communicator, Popular Science Books
