Richard Carter
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 29 • 1881’
Publishing on earthworms • a pension for Wallace • death of a brother • feeling his age • and lots more…
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Peak District
A trip to Buxton and Dovedale.
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Northern Lights (at last!)
After years of hopeful, ultimately disappointing nighttime trips out to the compost heap… FINALLY!
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Book review: ‘Why We Read’ by Josephine Greywoode (ed.)
Seventy writers on factual writing.
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Anglesey 2024
Our annual September trip to Anglesey.
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Bat-shit crazy corvid hypothesis #2
In which I spot a jackdaw doing something pretty odd, and just can’t help myself.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 28 • 1880’
Publishing on plant movement • researching earthworms • trying to get a civil pension for a friend • turning down an invitation from the Archbishop of Canterbury • and lots more…
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Book review: ‘The Shortest History of Europe’ by John Hirst
An entertaining whistle-stop overview of European history.
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Book review: ‘Crypt’ by Prof. Alice Roberts
Life, death and disease in the Middle Ages and beyond.
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Whistling Dixie
I which I refuse to disappear down yet another so-called ‘research’ rabbit-hole!
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Book review: ‘Belonging’ by Amanda Thomson
Natural histories of place, identity and home.
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Book review: ‘Where the Road Runs Out’ by Gaia Holmes
An enjoyable, comprehensible poetry collection.