Writing
Filter writing: Sidelines (blog) • Newsletters • Reviews
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The joy of the familiar—and the unfamiliar—on a local patch
Getting to know a place well means knowing what to look forward to, and appreciating when something unusual happens.
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An atheist somehow manages to tell right from wrong
To think of all the deliciously immoral acts I could have been getting up to today, if only it had occurred to me I needn’t be impeded by any sense of right or wrong.
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Book review: ‘On Writing Well’ by William Zinsser
The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction.
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Newsletter No. 2: ‘Glorified monkeys’
Anglesey • lost exploration craft rediscovered • writing advice from Rebecca Solnit • volcanic sunsets • Ted Hughes • typographical tips • a strange way to estimate π • Dull Men’s Club • street photography • free speech • Alexander von Humboldt • and more…
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An irrelevance in the landscape
On the realisation that the natural world gets on perfectly well without us.
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Notes from Nell Carr Farm
‘Notes from Walnut Tree Farm’ is by far my favourite Roger Deakin book. His assembled notes and jottings are packed full of ideas. The signal-to-noise ratio is phenomenal.
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Newsletter No. 1: ‘Kudos to youdos’
Patti Smith • W.G. Sebald • Sexual Selection • Roman chicken • Robert Graves • Swallows & Amazons • Thames Estuary • James Brindley • Spoonbills • and more…
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Subscribe to Richard Carter’s ‘Rich Text’ newsletter
Short, perfectly formed, and not at all spammy. Just like me.
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Cutting out the middlemen: Why I’d like you to sign up to my newsletter (or RSS feed)
If you only follow me Facebook or other social media, you’re probably not seeing most of the stuff I put out, so please also subscribe to my newsletter or RSS feed.
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Book Review: ‘Threads’ by Julia Blackburn
The Delicate Life of John Craske.
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Book review: ‘M Train’ by Patti Smith
A fascinating exercise in ‘writing about nothing’.
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Spoonbill identification: harder than you might think
Struggling to identify a species is the best way to learn.