Tag: Jeremy Clarkson
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Ambelopoulia, Jeremy Clarkson, Steve Backshall, Maria Vincent Robinson, Thames Water, Cheltenham and more
There is no particular reason for the Wood Pigeon photos, except that I was pleased with them when I took them yesterday: the light and shadow in the picture above, the blink and the textural detail. Ambelopoulia I wrote about the consumption of Ortolan Buntings in France here: Spurn Migration Festival 2024 – Animal Wild…
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A Kinkajou and mostly good news for wildlife
The illustration above is from Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle by Alcide d’Orbigny, first published in 1849 and which runs to sixteen volumes. D’Orbigny travelled extensively in South America and was a correspondent with Darwin. Not for the first time, messages from my friend volunteering at an animal rescue in Costa Rica have sparked my interest. He sent…
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How They Broke Britain Part I
How they Broke Britain by James O’Brien, WH Allen, 2023 As one would expect if you have heard or seen the author’s radio broadcasts, this is an angry, deeply incisive, passionate and incendiary book. There are two things it cries out for, so let me get those out of the way. The first is a…
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Jeremy Clarkson is a damn blasted liar
Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liarChristopher Columbus is a damn blasted liarYes, JahAh, he is saying that, ah, he is the first oneWho discover JamaicaI and I say thatWhat about the Arawak Indians and the few Black menWho were ’round here before him? This is a part of the lyrics of a song by…