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A leading agronomist and conservation expert has proposed a major overhaul of England’s approach to agricultural environmental management. He argues that biodiversity recovery and productive farming can be achieved together. The proposal...
My house disappears under water at around 2 metres of sea level rise. So, hopefully- barring an exceptional storm surge or tsunami - I should be safe for the rest of my lifetime (a global average sea level rise of roughly 0.3-1.0 metres...
Xiu Xiu - Eraserhead Xiu Xiu This is a log of my experience of listening to Xiu Xiu's new album, Eraserhead Xiu Xiu, for the first time, song by song in chronological order as they're played from the album. Viento Scrapy plastic/metallic...
It's been a month now of writing (almost) every day and with it has come some interesting, if rather subtle, changes. Almost a month ago I had come across Herman's post on Active Recall and that kind of kicked off a secondary reason to...
I'm tired and up too late, but this clip made me laugh so hard my body couldn't decide if I should laugh or cry.
Pictured above, Golden Comics Digest #45 from 1975, which I’m pretty sure I had back then. Mark Evanier wrote an interesting article about the Gold Key Digests of the ’60s and ’70s. I don’t encounter these too often in the wild,...
As you read this I will be meandering my way along the A5 heading towards the border, England, Shrewsbury, Kidderminster and south to Bath. Lucky for you, I wrote this yesterday (!) and it has been a busy week, not least because of...
Before we get to the vintage Disneyland pix, let's wish GDB friend Andrew a very Happy Birthday! Sue B. is so good at keeping on top of these things (unlike me), and she sent along a photo from a vintage birthday party. Maybe from the...
Amongst the various unfinished reading projects I have going on, one is an informal read-through of the novels of Anita Brookner in publication order. I’ve absolutely loved her first three books, but approaching the fourth one I became a...
A little while back, I did the math on my energy use situation, eagerly awaiting the roll-out of the government DMO8 mandated Solar Sharer Offer (SSO) which promised three hours of free power in the middle of the day. At long last, 1st...
A flurry of live-action clips kick off side scrolling beat ’em up Yain Sidae, an enthusiastic reminder that this PC game is based on the popular ’02~’03 Korean TV show of the same name. Once that’s out of the way I’m more or less ready...
From the far shoreEnjoying an aimless stroll across Hereford a few weeks ago, I decided to cross the bridge over the Wye in St Martin’s Street and turn left along a path that ran along the south bank of the river. I thought that doing...
OK. There’s absolutely nothing special about these two photos other than the fact I really like the colours in them. One is just a simple shot of reflections in the window of a gelato cafe. The second is a completely out of focus shot...
There's something wrong with my phone. It's incredibly old (iPhone 12, released in 2020, got it in 2022), but that isn't even the worst of it. What's worse is its battery life—you can imagine after so many years of use. But worst of all...
https://www.creativepastures.com/paintings Derek Robertson was born in St Andrews, Scotland in 1967 https://www.creativepastures.com/migrations Some pleasing and interesting images.