Richard Carter

Announcing my new photobook, ‘Hebden’s Other Bridges’

My photo-book of bridges in the Hebden Bridge area is now available.
Book review: ‘Humanism’ by Stephen Law

A very short introduction.
Keswick Woods

In which I return to a favourite childhood haunt after a gap of 40 years.
Wren visit

In which I find myself face-to-beak with Troglodites troglodites.
Turtles of the air

What links sea-turtles, swifts, and railway viaducts? Plus some handy ornithological photo tips.
A monument to lethargy

Sloth is a much-maligned sin, as our driveway demonstrates.
Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by John Robertson

A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘The History of Life’ by Michael J Benton

A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘The Ice Age’ by Jamie Woodward

A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘The Sense of Style’ by Steven Pinker

The thinking person’s guide to writing in the 21st century.
Book review: ‘Rain’ by Melissa Harrison

Four walks in English weather.
Book review: ‘The Edge of the World’ by Michael Pye

How the North Sea made us who we are.