Richard Carter
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Reading more eclectically
The more eclectically you read, the better your chances of making unexpected connections between different topics.
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Book review: ‘Birdsong in a Time of Silence’ by Steven Lovatt
A celebration of birdsong during a pandemic.
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Book review: ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ by Dylan Thomas
A Christmas classic, wonderfully illustrated by Peter Bailey.
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Newsletter No. 24: ‘Unclassifiable’
W.G. Sebald • Jan Morris • Jonathan Meades • prehistoric megafauna • Rebecca Solnit • complex numbers • Vikings! • Richard Mabey • Jeff Young • Horatio Clare • chess • Charles Darwin (obviously) • and more…
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Book review: ‘Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere’ by Jan Morris
Place writing at its finest, and most personal.
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Storm Arwen
In which I (again) bemoan the naming of storms, and experience what it’s like to go off grid.
