Richard Carter

Book review: ‘Bibliomaniac’ by Robin Ince

Writer and comedian tours 104 bookshops, buying far too many books as he does so.
Book review: ‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore

A grand vision brought down by commercial interests.
Book review: ‘Map of a Nation’ by Rachel Hewitt

A biography of the early Ordnance Survey.
Book review: ‘Proto’ by Laura Spinney

How one ancient language went global.
Book review: ‘Tiny experiments’ by Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Not for me.
Book review: ‘Required Writing’ by Philip Larkin

Required reading.
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Book review: ‘The Best of Me’ by David Sedaris

Humorous memoir anthology.
Book review: ‘Base Notes’ by Adelle Stripe

A tender, frank and funny memoir.
Book review: ‘In the Dark Room’ by Brian Dillon

A memoir on memory, loss, heirlooms, places, photographs and other remnants.
Hockney on Mars

Two David Hockney exhibitions provide a lesson in paying close attention.
Book review: ‘The Genetic Book of the Dead’ by Richard Dawkins

A Darwinian reverie.