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Snowy England

We have had snow! So bad in Nottingham that one got completely covered! See here: http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Policeman-s-snowy-sculpture-outside-station/article-666723-detail/article.html

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Darwin Big Idea

Today is the start of a new exhibition at the Natural History Museum; Darwin 200 I was sent this book for providing a picture of the sculpture of Thomas Hardy by Eric Kennington for the start of chapter 10. It was published to coincide with Darwin 200 events in Great Britain. Darwin was born in […]

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Dorset Sunflowers

To all lovers of Van Gough, I apologise, in part, for my opinions and in respect for you all, I add the joke I saw in a bunch of flowers my wife brought home recently; these three specimens which are now past their best! We will plant the seeds next year to see if they […]

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Childhood Sweethearts

Some years ago now we were invited to dinner at Christmas by a family not too far away. They were about twenty of them and six or seven of us so it was ‘fun’. Their kitchen was enormous with a huge table in the middle covered in paperwork and little room for anything else other […]

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