That morning’s light

Back from holiday in Devon. The peak point was seeing one early morning calm and beautiful light falling on next door’s chimney. There were birds courting in the bushes below. It was that day’s delivery of the Milankovitch cycles...

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She was never out of contact with reality

Mrs. Thatcher used her reputation as the Iron Lady to good effect in seeing off the Labour Party, Galtieri, and the coal miners. But behind that she was a clever  and compromising politician. Despite her no no no to Europe...

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The Gulf Stream could turn off

From Science Daily With a collapse of this deep ocean current, the oceans below 4000 metres would stagnate. "This would trap nutrients in the deep ocean, reducing the nutrients available to support marine life near the ocean surface," says Prof England. Co-author...

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Get thee hence Michael Vaughan

All this fuss about whether some Yorkshire players uttered a few racist words shows what a state of self-delusion we are in. People getting so upset about racism have no qualms about grinding non-white people into the dust through...

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Jesus’s Humour

Stuffy old James and gentle John sone of thunder? volatile and unreliable Peter rock? Martha Darling don't fuss.

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Frog

Is it going to rain?  Don’t think so.  I think I might just venture out.  Quark! Quark!  Ferdinand won’t – Thwit! Schlurp Schlurp ugunk! Delicious -  Ferdinand won’t fertilize my eggs.  He says I’m not sexy he doesn’t think I’m slimy enough.  I don’t care.  Silly old...

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Damien Hirst, et al.

Damien Hirst’s Shark I am in the camp that thinks the best-known examples of contemporary art are rubbish.  I say this because my underlying belief is that, like the subatomic particles of which they are ultimately made up, human beings have...

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Good Cat

Of all the good cats in the world/ Our Webbie is the goodest/ He really is a very good cat/I think that cat's Buddhist. Supply own tune and name of cat

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