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Forever curious. Artist, writer, photographer, reader, runner, nerd. Enchanted by the natural world, angered by our treatment of it. Always happier outside.
Aug 24, 2020 8 tweets 6 min read
I love these Ladybird Books, the illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe are charming. But if his illustrations were true to life, flicking through their pages in 2020 is a stark reminder of what we have lost from our landscape in just 60 years. (THREAD) I've selected four illustrations from each book to highlight these changes, but I don't need to spell it out. If you've been paying attention, you'll know what I mean. Our baseline has shifted so much since the 1960s, and sadly time is running out.