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The most important achievement of the right in the C21st has been the invention of an all-powerful "establishment" that does not include the editor of the Sunday Telegraph, the world's richest media moguls, the party that was in govt for 14 years, Boris Johnson or the billionaire president of the US

submitted 20 days ago • 23 comments

The one where I muse about how this simple bit of code radically changes how the web itself seems to behave… webkit.org/blog/16967/t...

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

Tickets go on sale today for the stage play of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at the Soho Place theatre. First time a le Carré novel has come to the West End, and Spy is a zinger :) spyonstage.com

submitted 27 days ago • 15 comments

Hello—Is A River Alive? is out a week today, on 1 May. I went to Clays the printer to see how my books are made (many marvellous machines!) & to sign 3000 special editions. Here’s what happened in 40 seconds. Here are the indie bookshops who have the specials for pre-order: linktr.ee/Is_A_River_A...

submitted 54 days ago • 22 comments

Excellent brief explanation of the idiocy of US tariff policy: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

A grubby example of 21st C parasite businesses, inserting themselves into a simple situation and screwing everything out of it they can. "What might come as a shock to the general public is how the Credit Hire Industry operates." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Other work by the Ladybird artists A Kent farm in Spring Artist: Ronald Lampitt

submitted 83 days ago • 3 comments

Just out: figures for sewage dumping in England for 2024. * 3.61 million hrs of sewage released. * That's c. 412 years of sewage. * First yr all 15,000 CSOs were monitored. £85bn paid out to shareholders since privatisation = underfunded, collapsing infrastructure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 83 days ago • 5 comments

Edale to Kinder Scout, Peak District. Beautiful walk, hard work.

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Leigh and Penshurst, Kent.

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

Gorgeous early spring walk at The Swale. Huge Solar Farm. Pub: The Sportsman at Graveney.

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Young people, teachers, parents: Action for Conservation, where I'm a founding trustee, runs free Summer Camps to inspire 12-16 year olds to a lifelong love of nature & conservation. They’re really fun. Applications now open: www.actionforconservation.org/camp Pls help spread the word/RT!

submitted 103 days ago • 4 comments

You can send donations yourself direct to ukraine here: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ #SlavaUkraïni

submitted 110 days ago • 29 comments

I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.

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In the US alone, golf courses occupy 2 million acres of sterile, moribund lawns. But now, from California to Scotland, they're being rewilded and are teeming with life – fantastic news for both nature and people! www.bbc.com/future/artic...

submitted 115 days ago • 8 comments

Nice walk from Studland to Swanage over Old Harry Rocks

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This is your reminder to download your kindle books onto a device where you can keep hold of them if Amazon decides to remove them. They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!

submitted 118 days ago • 61 comments

This is happening, right now. The great "arribada" (arrival) of mother Olive Ridley sea turtles on the Odisha coast, where they dig sand-nests & lay their eggs, driven by ancient instinct. Heart-lifting, magnificent, moving: part of a geography of hope. 🎞️ by Bivash Pandav via my friend Yuvan Aves.

submitted 119 days ago • 51 comments

Tonbridge to Sevenoaks.

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Good to see this article helping to join the dots between access and benefits for landowners. Too often the countryside access debate is polarised, whilst in reality there exists numerous mutual benefits for both public and farmers. @righttoroam.bsky.social www.countrylife.co.uk/nature/the-f...