Richard Carter
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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.
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Back-endish
This wonderful autumn has finally begun to show signs of ‘back-endishness’, although there are still plenty of glorious colours to admire.
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Autumn strolls
After several days of pretty dreadful weather, Jen and I were finally able to get some decent autumn strolls in over the last week.
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Newsletter No. 23: ‘Emerging from aestivation’
Massimo Pigliucci • ‘spirituality’ • Barry Lopez • talking trees • Eleanor Konik • rewilding • Mark Cocker • light pollution • Sir Clive Sinclair • Horatio Clare • swifts • the Enlightenment and more…
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No going back
How was I ever able to organise my thoughts without ‘atomising’ them—breaking them down into smaller and smaller discrete notes—and then linking them together?
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27 September 2021
Our semi-tame resident pheasant, Philip (whom I suspect is actually Philip III), has been strutting proudly about the garden the last few days with missus and kids in tow.
