I’m not sure why this type of thing is not commoner in the UK – try reading this article by a hunter from the USA.
Year: 2017
Education U-turn
The government has just realised that teaching anything, including grandmothers to suck eggs, is counter-productive. All attempts to up-skill the English workforce are doomed as people never are inspired by what they are taught in school. No-one has ever been inspired to read or write by English classes and no scientist has ever got the…
Dolphins and seabirds
It used to be the case that a ferry trip was relaxing because there was not much to do except eat, drink, sleep and read a book. These days, we know that there is wildlife out there to be seen and missed which changes the game completely. The first person I came across as I…
Sunday book review – Foxes Unearthed by Lucy Jones
I enjoyed reading this book (which is now out in paperback). This book is about Foxes: hunted Foxes, urban Foxes, hen-eating Foxes, Foxes in literature and country lore. Foxes in our heads and in our hearts. It’s a well-written largely affectionate but not sentimental look at Foxes from lots of angles and it’s a very…
An Unreliable History of Birdwatching (2) – by Paul Thomas
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