Writing
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The Thomas Browne Affair
On the seventeenth-century polymath Sir Thomas Browne, and his tenuous connection with my local moor.
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A Spring-time Saunter
In which I am loaned a classic local book.
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A Secular Thought for the Day
Let’s drop the ‘Anno Domini’.
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Dispensing with formalities
I’ve decided I need to make my book a bit little less formal.
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LRB letter: ‘Ancient Refrigerators’
A possible solution to a well-known conundrum about Ancient Rome.
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Evacuee kids
A wartime diary entry mentioning a couple of lads of my acquaintance.
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Jibbooms and bobstays!
In which I finally set eyes on Wild Cat Island.
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The power of the anecdote
On the effectiveness of anecdotes and understatement in conveying catastrophic events.
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Book of the Year 2012
My favourite book of 2012—and one of my favourites of all time.
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My 2012 reading challenge (and the worst book of the year)
On a reading challenge and a dreadful read.
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richardcarter.com website launched
A new website dedicated to my writing and photography.
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‘Stour Seasons’ by Ronald Blythe
Book 10 in the Wormingford series.