Tag: George Monbiot
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Yesterday I finally watched Avatar, the movie released in 2009 which I had avoided on the basis of extremely mixed reviews from friends. The driver was surprising – George Monbiot. I have been continuing with his book of articles for The Guardian (see previous posts), mostly through the section dealing with the super-rich, the ‘pollutocrats’,…
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The Bayeux Tapestry, AI and Only Connect, George Monbiot on Lost Youth
-3.6 Celsius in the summerhouse this morning. I even had trouble getting in since the bolt on the door was frozen solid. Slowly it is warming up. The iced spider web above really stands out against the ivy and the fence – I much prefer this weather to the grey, rainy gloom of yesterday. The…
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Gordon Buchanan and Me; flea treatments for domestic animals; Peregrine Falcons, the illegal trade; George Monbiot
The image above is of a hand-coloured lithograph from Audubon’s Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 1845-1848. I have pretty strong preferences when it comes to tv wildlife presenters. Ones I like and respect include Chris Packham, Liz Bonnin, Hamza Yassin, David Lindo and Steve Backshall. I despise the fraudulent Bear Grylls and my aversion to…
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George Monbiot on Question Time, Drax, badger latrines and three animals new to me from crossword clues
5 ≠ 10 George Monbiot is a great speaker of truth. His book Feral: rewilding the land, sea and human life, Penguin, 2014 in particular is simply superb. Focussing only on the discussion of the scandals besetting Rachel Reeves it was almost comical to witness the pathetic nature of the Labour spokesperson’s defence. The questioner…