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On Death and Nature
It’s been a while since I wrote anything and I have a bit of time while I’m waiting for some people to get back to me with answers (or even some funding), and there are other reasons for the quiet … Continue reading
Posted in churches, churchyards, covid19, Death, Uncategorized
Tagged churchyards, covid19, Death, nature
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Vaccines and Variants point to two alternative futures.
Variant. The word takes me back to sometime in the early 1970s and this car. Someone in the London suburb where we lived had a pale blue one, and I was fascinated by it. It certainly wasn’t a beautiful car, … Continue reading
Posted in covid-19, covid19, Uncategorized, vaccines
Tagged B117, covid19, vaccines, variant
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What a Year
I think “what a year” is how most people feel about 2020. It started with us wondering whether we would crash out of the EU without a deal, and ended with a deal being rushed through Parliament not only without … Continue reading
Covid19 makes the case for Universal Basic Income unarguable
Well it’s no surprise that we are once again teetering on the brink of a national lockdown in England, after yet another unnecessary delay which will lead to the death of thousands of people, either directly from Covid or as … Continue reading
Posted in coronavirus, covid19, Uncategorized, Universal Basic Income
Tagged covid19, lockdown, Universal Basic Income
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Six visitors for you, Thirty grouse shooters for me. Counting the iniquity of the new covid laws
The figures for positive covid-19 tests have been climbing inexorably since a lull in the summer. Figures of 3000 new cases a day, despite the shambolic breakdown in testing carried out by the private sector (Pillar 2), look very much … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, climate change, coronavirus, covid-19, grouse shooting, tax havens
Tagged Boris Johnson, covid19, grouse shooting, Rule of Six, tax havens
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Coronavirus Diary; the Solace of Nature
When I went to let the chickens out first thing this morning, there it was, a familiar sound. No, it wasn’t yet another Blackcap pretending to be a Garden warbler. It was the drone. The hum, the incessant background noise. … Continue reading
Posted in coronavirus, covid-19, Nature, solace of nature, Uncategorized
Tagged bluebells, care homes, covid19, PPE, spring
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a new nature blog 