Richard Carter
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The seahorse and the pelican
How a passage from W.G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn might give a clue to some family history.
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The advantages of a borrowed dog
One thing I hadn’t really appreciated, when walking dogs in the countryside, is just how much more you can end up seeing.
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The great Darwin fossil hunt
For my 50th birthday, a friend beyond compare organised a very special birthday present for the only self-confessed ‘Darwin groupie’ in her life.
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Sir Thomas Browne observes a murmuration of starlings
Quote from ‘Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes’.
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On misunderstanding Larkin
It wasn’t until many years after encountering a favourite passage of Larkin’s poetry that I realised I had fundamentally misunderstood his view of photography.
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Reading in the Guggenheim
Although I tend not to dabble in street photography, every now and again an opportunity presents itself, and I feel compelled to reach for my camera.
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Venice: a model for car-free living?
It is entirely possible, it turns out, for a city to function without cars and vans and lorries. Who would have thought it? But is it practical?
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136 snail shells & a pint of shorts
As life events go, Shetland 1985 turned out to be right up there.
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How to digitise photos from slides or negatives without a scanner
I digitised some 30-year-old Kodachrome slides this week. Some notes to remind myself what I did.
