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Fifty years of diary-keeping

Posted on 02/01/2019 by

I have kept a daily diary since fifty years ago today, 2 January 1969. Continue reading →

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An appropriate meaning of OSS

Posted on 16/12/2018 by

I was pleased to learn that OSS means (in West Yorkshire dialect) ‘the ability to do something properly’. Continue reading →

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A prehistoric cairnfield?

Posted on 27/04/2018 by

Common Wood: part 14 I know there are lumps and bumps at the top of my land at Common Wood, near Horndon on Dartmoor.  I also know that piles of stones on Dartmoor often have some significance. I was delighted … Continue reading →

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Bucks Free Press’s boo-boo

Posted on 07/01/2018 by

The Bucks Free Press needs to pay more attention to apostrophes. Continue reading →

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A companion to Tippett’s music

Posted on 02/01/2018 by

Today, the composer Michael Tippett (who joined the Kinder trespassers in 1932) would have been 113 years old. Continue reading →

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What about Natural England?

Posted on 20/11/2017 by

Michael Gove has announced that he will set up a new environmental body post Brexit, but he already has one. Continue reading →

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The Archers wake up to Brexit

Posted on 30/03/2017 by

The Archers have only just woken up to the fact that we are leaving the EU. But at least they are hot on speed monitors. Continue reading →

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