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The Flooding In Yorkshire

The Flooding In Yorkshire

In the years I've been writing this blog I've written about flooding several times. I think it's a really important issue - and not just because I'm sat here in...

The Flooding In Yorkshire

In the years I've been writing this blog I've written about flooding several times. I think it's a really important issue - and not just because I'm sat here in...

The Need To Give : A Crisis in Environmental Ph...

Nearly 2/3 of people in the UK earning over £250,000 gave nothing to charity last year (Source: HMRC, cited in The Times). Of those who did, the average donation was...

The Need To Give : A Crisis in Environmental Ph...

Nearly 2/3 of people in the UK earning over £250,000 gave nothing to charity last year (Source: HMRC, cited in The Times). Of those who did, the average donation was...

A Trip to Japan

We've just got back from a wonderful trip to Japan*. Among the rugby and the sightseeing and the hiking we were caught in typhoon Hagibis last weekend in Tokyo. It...

A Trip to Japan

We've just got back from a wonderful trip to Japan*. Among the rugby and the sightseeing and the hiking we were caught in typhoon Hagibis last weekend in Tokyo. It...

Conservation And Conservatism

Conservation And Conservatism

There was an article in the Sunday Times this morning by Eric Kaufmann which partly articulated something which has been troubling me for a while. It starts: If Greta Thunberg...

Conservation And Conservatism

There was an article in the Sunday Times this morning by Eric Kaufmann which partly articulated something which has been troubling me for a while. It starts: If Greta Thunberg...

The Garden Jungle (Dave Goulson)

I don't think I've written a book review since third form, but felt moved to write briefly about Dave Goulson's The Garden Jungle. Spoiler alert: I would have been surprised...

The Garden Jungle (Dave Goulson)

I don't think I've written a book review since third form, but felt moved to write briefly about Dave Goulson's The Garden Jungle. Spoiler alert: I would have been surprised...

Wildflowers In Your Garden

Malva moschata Do you want a patch of wildflowers in your garden? The right answer! I think they can look lovely; some are long flowering too, like this mallow in...

Wildflowers In Your Garden

Malva moschata Do you want a patch of wildflowers in your garden? The right answer! I think they can look lovely; some are long flowering too, like this mallow in...