1/ Merry Christmas everyone! I'm a very odd and eccentric person, so after some Yuletide joy and wine drinking, my thoughts turn to what archaeologists of the future might make of my remains if I were to die in a sudden disaster, like the Vesuvius eruption.
(Quick disclaimer...
2/ I'm not an archaeologist - just someone who takes a keen amateur interest in these things)
After, let's say, a thousand years, and without very particular conditions of preservation that are unlikely in this climate, it's likely that all skin, gristle and textiles would have
3/ rotted into nothingness.
So, what's left?
My bones.
Presuming they're in a decent state of preservation, archaeologists would be able to tell from my brow ridges and gracile bones that I was probably a natal woman.
The eruption of my wisdom teeth and the condition of my
This piece created quite a stir yesterday on #Nature Twitter. My own initial reaction was interest and slightly squirmy amusement. I've seen a number of responses by writers who have been name-checked and are quite hurt. And I can see why, actually... the-fence.com/issues/issue-6…
2/ There's clearly a personal animus at play here - particularly against Rob Macfarlane. I do actually like Rob, both as a writer and a person. He's been generous to emerging writers and environmental activists. His prose does sometimes verge a bit towards the...
3/ violet end of the spectrum, but I think that's common in nature writing, and perhaps creative non-fiction more generally. I mean, if you're engaging deeply with a landscape, its flora and fauna and its history, it's hard not to circle round back to yourself in some way.
I live in a very safe Tory constituency. Not very Brexity, but stolidly, solidly Tory. (I’m not a Tory, tbc). Been talking, from a distance, to neighbours. And, oh boy,Joh*son has misjudged this. His voters haven’t been able to see their kids and grandkids.
The anger...
This tweet has clearly struck a nerve. A few people have replied it won't make any difference because Tories always vote Tory. I agree a lot of my neighbours are very unlikely to vote Labour. It clashes with their identity in a way they just couldn't stomach. BUT - I can see
a substantial proportion of them staying at home next election, if the scandals and disasters continue. Remember - that's what cost Teresa May her majority, according to most analyses. Elderly Tory voters upset by her proposed social care bill just didn't turn up.