Recently we have seen a lot of lichen on our walks. Once beautiful green hedges are suddenly covered with a sort of green fungus. What are lichens, I asked myself?
Dawkins has an answer in his book, The Selfish Gene.
Richard Dawkins, The...
In 2021, I have three resolutions: write (and post) at least one blog post every week; buy no clothes for myself (my birthday present is being delivered today); spend no more than £30 a month on books.
The omniscient narrator has long been out of fashion, but research by Jonathan Leavitt and Nicholas Christenfeld has shown that reader enjoyment can be increased with spoilers. Narrators are also not all equal. Narrators in Anthony Trollope’s Bars...