Richard Carter
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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.
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Book review: ‘How to Write a Lot’ by Paul J. Silvia
A practical guide to productive academic writing.
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Book review: ‘A Place in the Country’ by W.G. Sebald
Essays on five writers and a painter who influenced Sebald’s work.
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Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’
The Pros and Cons of tying the knot • prehistoric invention • Ernest Shackleton • W.G. Sebald • swallows • comma splices • Amy Liptrot • Kapka Kassabova • and more…
