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19 July 2020
Weeding, and a spot of comet-watching.
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Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.
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17 July 2020
A crowded pool.
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16 July 2020
An early morning barn owl encounter.
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13 July 2020
A garden murder, and a drizzly trip to Bridestones Moor.
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12 July 2020
A special after-sunset.
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10 July 2020
Recognised by its ‘jizz’: my first Hebden Bridge whitethroat.
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5 July 2020
A wet week.
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Book review: ‘A Carnival of Losses’ by Donald Hall
Notes nearing ninety.
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Book review: ‘Spike Island’ by Philip Hoare
The memory of a military hospital.
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Book review: ‘Somewhere Becoming Rain’ by Clive James
Collected writings on Philip Larkin.
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Book review: ‘Into the Tangled Bank’ by Lev Parikian
In which our author ventures outdoors to consider the British in nature.