
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.
Recent posts
Feel-good February This disconcertingly mild winter, I’m going to enjoy February or die in the attempt.
Charles Darwin reviews Jane Austen A short piece to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth.
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On the Moor: science, history and nature on a country walk
…by turns provocative, humorous, entertaining, fascinating and informative but never dull […]. If, when reading, you like to be enlightened and educated in an enjoyable and entertaining manner then buy Richard’s book; I promise you won’t regret it.
—Thony Christie, historian of science, Renaissance Mathematicus






















