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Blogs here there and elsewhere
Tomorrow I am heading up to London for a debate about nature conservation at the Linnean Society, with George Monbiot, Aidan Lonergan and Clive Hamble. I have written something which will go on Mark Avery’s blog tomorrow morning – this … Continue reading
A nice surprise
This morning I had a nice surprise. My blog has been referenced in yesterday night’s Guardian Editorial. It’s the one about scrub in the uplands, which itself refers to an article I wrote for ECOS in 2001. I don’t normally … Continue reading
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A walk in the woods
The afternoon was mild and sunny, after a wet day yesterday. My wife’s uncle noted that the moon was now waxing so mushrooms would not be growing quite so prolifically. We headed up the hill along a very small road … Continue reading
Biodiversity Offsetting – some related issues
here’s yesterday’s blog, reblogged.
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Homecoming
I was undecided until yesterday morning, whether to drive up to London or take the train. Pros and Cons swirled around my mind and the signs of rumination and anxiety were clear enough for me to recognise. In the end … Continue reading
Sacrifices, ancient and modern
We like to think we live in such settled, civilised and rational times. It wasn’t so long ago though – up to the 19th Century – that farmers feared the effect of evil spirits on their livestock and made Land … Continue reading
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Tagged Badger culling in the United Kingdom, Beltaine, Bonfire Night, Caithness, Church, Golden Bough, Goodman, Goodman's Fields Theatre, Goodmans Fields, Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes Night, Murrain, Self willed Land
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Heath gone too!
My previous post was already dated when I wrote it. I now see David Heath has also been axed, replaced by another SW Lib Dem Dan Rogerson. According to Farmers Weekly, it’s still unclear which new MP will take on … Continue reading
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Party Time.
It’s party conference time. Needless to say the environment has not featured prominently among the headlines. But here’s Mary Creagh’s speech. It’s a bit heavy on the affordable food message, but at least a Labour Government would drop the Badger … Continue reading
Simon King 1961 – 2013
Simon with a 32lb Mirror Carp he caught in Hertfordshire. My older brother Simon King died yesterday. Simon was 52 and had been suffering from lung cancer. In the end it took him very quickly and he was in no … Continue reading
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