Richard Carter

What I read in 2014

I read 36 books in 2014. This shows an uncharacteristic degree of consistency on my behalf.
2014: a year in photos

My fourth annual video slideshow review of the year.
Let’s go!

By the time he was my age, John Lennon had been dead for almost ten years.
A new favourite place

A walk with an old friend on the Cumbrian coast.
Autumn alignments

Our kitchen might not be of World Heritage Site calibre just yet, but each autumn there comes a reminder that our house sits on the same spinning rock as Stonehenge and Newgrange.
Back-endish

How a mere week can make a big difference in the natural world.
The best camera

My point-and-shoot camera turned out to be the best camera in the world yesterday.
Book review: ‘The Making of the Fittest’ by Sean B Carroll

DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.
Seeing purple

The Moor is at peak-purple at this time of year, with the heather in full bloom.
Bookshelf triage

When bookshelves become full, only the fittest volumes survive.
Book review: ‘A Rough Ride to the Future’ by James Lovelock

A thought-provoking, sometimes infuriating book.
The nearly dead tree

Each spring, I visit a particular corner of the Moor to check if an old friend has managed to survive another winter.