Monthly Archives: October 2015

A happy coincidence

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Miles King

I was walking through Covent Garden in London the other day, when I looked up and saw this plaque. Endell Street was the first hospital to be created, run and staffed entirely by women doctors and nurses and opened 100 … Continue reading →

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O Rose thou art sick: on bees, flowers and pesticides

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Miles King

It was national poetry day on Thursday. After reading something today I thought of this poem which was in an anthology I had long ago: O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the … Continue reading →

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Ecomodernists split over links with neoliberals and libertarians

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Miles King

Ecomodernist Mark Lynas was rather rueful in his Guardian article yesterday, where he openly regretted having agreed to speak at Owen Paterson’s UK2020 “thinktank”, alongside ecovandal Paterson and his libertarian brother in law “rational optimist” Viscount Matt Ridley. He described … Continue reading →

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