Tag: Reggae
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Sly Dunbar, Rest in Power
It is impossible to overstate the importance of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare in the story of Jamaican music. The Riddim Twins played with and / or produced songs and albums by just about every reggae artist around. These are just some of them: Peter Tosh, Culture, The Mighty Diamonds, Dennis Brown, Gregory…
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Birds and a squirrel, more from ‘Pretty girl in crimson rose (8)’, travels in Sweden and Turkey and an alarming plane stopover in Russia, wildlife art, the monster across the pond
The Grey Squirrel has been at the feeder for ages this morning, really feasting on the peanuts. As I headed to the summerhouse I suddenly realised he or she was wonderfully close to me and had not heard me coming. When awareness of my presence did come, there was no panic or rush to get…
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Tolkien and cars and Heathcote Williams, Badgers, Reggae, Cranes, Michael Palin in Venezuela, Eating Swans, Sparrows, Deer, a Butterfly, Elephants, Parakeets and Zack Polanski
Badger survey A good day on Sunday. Firstly a badger sett survey in the Arborfield area. We didn’t find a sett but there are definitely badgers about, as evidenced by hairs found on wire fencing (our ace finder of such things always dives down when he sees a push-through) and what was almost certainly a…
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AI Reggae, Radioactive Rhinos, BTO News and the Art of Andy Goldsworthy
BTO News Autumn 2025, Issue 356 I am glad the gulls on the cover are identified inside or I wouldn’t have a clue – they are Herring Gulls. This is an exceptional issue of the magazine from the British Trust for Ornithology. Right away there’s a link to the Cuckoo tracking site, Cuckoo Tracking Project…