Author Archives: Miles King
The world in 2130 – a short story by Jane Wilkinson
Continuing the series of fiction contributions, this one is from Jane Wilkinson (@bikerjaney) Not sure if you know, Miles, but I have a time machine. I travelled to 2130 last week and it was a surprising place. The climate had … Continue reading
The Web – a short story by Vicki Hird
continuing in the same vein as my “Forest of Brexeat” story earlier this week, Vicki Hird has written this piece… The web was both delicate and strong. And as large as a lake. Spreading out as a silk cloak … Continue reading
The Forest of Brexeat – a short story
April was upon them and shelter was their goal. The sun beat down upon their heads, sweat pouring off them as the boy took a small swig of water from his grandfather’s water bottle. “Just small sips lad, we don’t … Continue reading
The Cork Pot Story
I’m thinking about Turtles. Turtles which died because they had swallowed a plastic bag, a bag that once carried some shopping. Discarded, it fell into a river; the river flowed to the sea, the sea joined the ocean. The Turtle … Continue reading
National Meadows Day
It’s national meadows day and I thought this would be a good point to write something about them. Meadows – the word is deep within our collective memory – it crops up on branded packaging for fake supermarket farms, decaying … Continue reading
Farmland Tax Breaks revealed
Today the charity I work for, People Need Nature, publishes its latest report, investigating the tax system and how it affects farmland. “Where there’s muck there’s brass: revealing the billions hidden in farmland tax shelters” lays out the many, varied, … Continue reading
A New Hope?
There have been very few days recently when politics have provided good news of a morning, but this morning is definitely one of them. The EU elections – which were always going to be a proxy for another go … Continue reading
Euro Elections provide yet another opportunity to give Government a kicking
Brexit seems to throw up one crazy thing after another. After having been told repeatedly by Prime Minister May that “no deal is better than a bad deal”, we now find ourselves in a position where not only has no … Continue reading
Shooting Birds and Biased Reporting – a tale of two BBC presenters
I can’t honestly remember a time when environmental stories have been so high up the news agenda- and for such a long period. Perhaps, it’s a reaction to the never-ending and increasingly tedious coverage of Brexit – which suddenly disappeared … Continue reading
