Articles
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In the wilderness of Wirral
An unwelcome modern intrusion into one of my favourite wildernesses takes me on an unplanned medieval journey in reverse.
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Hell or middle-management training? Ask Pope Benedict
The former pope reportedly sees management training as torment. As a conception of hell, it makes more sense than everlasting fire.
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Anglesey
About my—and my mum’s—childhood holidays on the Welsh island of Anglesey.
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Wild Cat Island
Three and a half decades after I first became enchanted by the place, I finally set foot on the island that inspired Arthur Ransome’s ‘Swallows and Amazons’.
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The return of the delicate flapwort
On a second expedition I made in search of a rare plant. This time, I accompanied someone who knew what he was doing.
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What’s so weird about beards?
Like all beardies, I don’t have a beard through choice. It just grew on the front of my face.
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In search of the delicate flapwort—and why we need tricorders
On an expedition I made in search for a rare plant, and the need for DNA-assisted species identification devices.
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Finding stuff out
We only have a few precious years on this wonderful planet, so why not find out what you can about it while you still have the chance?
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The iniquity of oblivion
In the fudge-box-pretty village of Burton on my native Wirral Peninsula lie two graves, their inscriptions now utterly lost.
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Change for a tenner?
My considered, and totally unbiased thoughts on who should replace Darwin on the £10 note.
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The Thomas Browne Affair
On the seventeenth-century polymath Sir Thomas Browne, and his tenuous connection with my local moor.
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A Spring-time Saunter
In which I am loaned a classic local book.