Notwithstanding the Covid-19 pandemic and its tragic impacts, the key challenge for the next few years for climate change and the environment is to align international policies in a common process of concertation to enable countries to recover from recession while building a sustainable and functioning economy and a zero-carbon and climate neutral environment. The […]
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2026 Ahem
QUOTIDIAN HAMMERHEAD HIPPO: February 2026
Ahem Rain and colder weather in southern England dominated the first few days of the [...]
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SCUDDED PROPRIETORIALLY TRIMMINGS: January 2026
Ahem, During this interminably long month of heaving weather, our far south-east corner, ancestral home [...]
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QUERYING PAKKELEG CONVULSED: December 2025
Ahem Our Christmas celebrations normally start after we celebrate Gwen’s birthday on the 12th, when [...]
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FOODELICIOUS WASHBOARD BELEAGURED: November 2025
Ahem, Richard and Marie, from Cholsey in Oxfordshire, where Alli and I lived just after [...]
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HYENA FUNGI HALLOWEEN: October 2025
Ahem There is a village close to the Toleza Farm in Malawi that goes by [...]
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There is a demolition going on, barely reported by the mainstream media. British liberal democracy is being battered, dismantled, and demolished by illiberal populism hiding behind the myth of sovereignty, or ‘taking our country back’. The wrecking ball is already in full swing. The first big victim will be the British economy itself, until a […]
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Waving a British flag around in public to garner votes has never been a commonplace British activity. It used to be considered rather tasteless, and for colour coordination it’s not exactly the greatest fashion accessory. Waving the flag (when not at war) happened on military occasions, ceremonies of international sporting events, or when the Queen […]
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Just over 80 years ago on 16 June 1940, the British government made an offer to the crumbling French government facing the advance of German Nazi forces. It was for a political union of the UK and the French Republic, effective immediately. The offer came too late. There was no reply and on the next […]
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Jan
On the same day that the UK ceased trading with the free movement privileges of an EU member and imposed new crippling trade barriers on itself in the name of pride, sovereignty and independence, African countries opened for business their trade borders and markets under the terms of its African continental free trade agreement. Duty-free […]
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Ahem No sooner had Gwen arrived back from York than we drove together to the supermarket for her to buy tons of sugar, vegan butter, chocolate, and other ingredients to add to the loads she had already brought to bake her vegan chocolate brownies. Her first days here were spent in labour-intensive and kitchen-hogging mixing, […]
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Those of us who regularly use Facebook should be clear and precise about why we do, because powerful and compelling reasons are emerging to argue why we should not. For many Facebook users the advantages are obvious: we like to keep in touch with our friends and family, often with real time conversations or texts […]