Richard Carter
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The gaping void between fact and fiction
Fact and fiction are discrete things, not parts of a continuum.
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Book review: ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem‘ by Joan Didion
Counter-cultural journalism from the Swinging Sixties.
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Book review: ‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard
An eclectic mix of science, nature and memoir.
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Newsletter No. 28: ‘Breaking my golden rule’
Thoughts on nature writing • Richard Feynman • Vikings! • Bronze Age diets • recovered daguerreotypes • transit of Phobos • Alice Roberts • Cal Flyn • and more…
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Nature writing’s ill-defined, thriving ecosystem
There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.
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Fools and dilettantes
How the problems I’ve been encountering lately are a sign (I hope) that my book is starting to come together.
