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England’s lucky omen? It’s our tern now – rare sea bird visits Farne Islands for first time since 1966 A rare seabird has “come home” for the first time since 1966 – just as England’s footballers hope to repeat the nation’s World Cup heroics of the same year. The sooty tern, usually only found in the…

Going to Scotland at the weekend served many purposes: I saw my son, I picked up many cases of whisky (not all mine) which were purchased years ago but have now matured, I escaped the heat of southern England for the relative coolness of central Scotland, I had a brief look at the Strathbraan Raven…

And so we say farewell to David Davis, the Brexit Bulldog.  I have quite a lot of time for Mr Davis even though I agree with him about very little. You may have noticed that I did not list him in the three Cabinet minisiters who lack moral compass. I think Davis has a moral…

Tim writes: As a child I was puzzled why Purple Emperors were invariably illustrated with asymmetrical colours; one side purple, the other side black. This is because the colours are iridescent so only shine when viewed from the right angle. So the iridescence can bounce from side to side as the angle of view moves….