Richard Carter
-
Descent into violins
The best essayists use seemingly trivial, original examples to illustrate recurring themes of personal importance.
-
Converting my notes into a chapter
How I used my note-making system to research and write a chapter of my Darwin book.
-
Lady Amherst’s pheasant
A rare bird visits our garden.
-
Bempton
More than just gannets…
-
Newsletter No. 29: ‘An inspiration’
David Hockney • starling murmurations • ancient scripts • wet plate photography • Amy Liptrot • Black Death! • book reviews
-
Rich Text 29: Bonus Links
Some stuff there wasn’t space for in my Rich Text newsletter No. 29.
-
Weird magpie
In which I encounter a brown and white magpie.
-
Sibling rivalry
In nature, individuals aren’t just in competition with the elements or other species.
-
The slippery slope of minor embellishments
Artistic licence in factual writing doesn’t include making stuff up.
-
Book review: ‘The Northern Question’ by Tom Hazeldine
British politics and the North-South divide.
-
Book review: ‘The Practice’ by Seth Godin
A bunch of bullet points with the bullets removed.
-
The gaping void between fact and fiction
Fact and fiction are discrete things, not parts of a continuum.