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.
I’m currently working on a book about looking at the world Through Darwin’s Eyes.
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Fountain pen mod
Plastic fountain pen versus power-tool: what could possibly go wrong?
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Streak!
I’m damned if I’m going to have some stupid app make me fret about missing a day and going all the way back to zero!
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Heavenly conjunction
Images of the moon, past and present.
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On the Rocks, April 2026
Some unexpected thrills sitting on what remains of my favourite Anglesey rock.
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Lichen timelapse
A project to take photographs of the same lichen over many years.
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When rocks take a walk
In which I follow the trail of an itinerant rock!
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Richard Carter’s newsletters
RICH TEXT: My personal newsletter about science, history and nature writing.
DARWIN NEWSLETTER: Celebrating the grandeur in Charles Darwin’s view of life.
Latest newsletters
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Rich Text newsletter No. 37: ‘These people knew mammoths!’
Ice age art • Robert Macfarlane • Kathleen Jamie • medieval poems • lichen • Barbarian Conspiracy • the Shipping Forecast • escaping the entropy • and more…
Newsletter No. 23: ‘It’s not all cheetahs versus gazelles’
Darwin the botanist • UNESCO recognition • Darwin’s address book • Charles Lyell • Leonard Jenyns • punctuated equilibria • what the heck are chins for? • and lots more…
Buy my book
On the Moor: science, history and nature on a country walk
Richard Carter’s fascinating exploration of his local grouse-moor in West Yorkshire digs deep into natural history, human history, prehistory, and the history of science. His writing is grounded, insightful, and frequently hilarious, and he shows how falling in love with your own local patch can be a gateway to the whole world.
—Neil Ansell, author and journalist
