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21 February 2021
The annual February pre-spring clean of our blue tit nest-box.
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14 February 2021
I’ve generally had quite enough of winter, come February.
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Keeping in touch
Who would have thought video-calls would become such an important way of keeping in touch?
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Book review: ‘Lines in the Sand’ by A.A. Gill
Collected journalism.
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Book review: ‘All Points North’ by Simon Armitage
Humorous memoir from the future Poet Laureate.
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Book review: ‘The Fire of Joy’ by Clive James
Roughly eighty poems to get by heart and say aloud.
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Book review: ‘The Sea View Has Me Again’ by Patrick Wright
Uwe Johnson in Sheerness (1974–1984).
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Marmalade alchemy
A good way to spend a snowy day.
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1 February 2021
A decidedly un-Februaryish day, and a close encounter with a heron.