It’s that time of year when authors are told whether they have earned any money from the Public Lending Right system. If any libraries have your books on their shelves, and if anyone borrows them (as judged by a sample of libraries) then you get some dosh, at the rate now of 9p/loan. My books…
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Non alignment with the EU = the beginning of the end for environmental protection
Nobody would say that the EU is perfect but it has been, with the UK at times being a leading player, and at other times with the UK being a laggard, a leader for environmental protection. One has only to look at the Habitats Directive, written by a former UK MEP and Department of Environment…
And so…
…who would you vote for in the Labour leadership contest?
Update on TASC crowdfunder
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Crowdfunder approaching £10,000 https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-coronation-wood/
We will see a lot of this…
Our strong British food brand is built on the high standards to which we hold ourselves. We can maintain and indeed enhance UK standards as we negotiate new trading relationships with friends and neighbours in the EU and leading global economies. Theresa Villiers at the Oxford Farming Conference as reported in the Guardian. Note the…
Nature’s Voice wrapping.
There’s not much doubt that the RSPB’s magazine comes wrapped in a compostable wrapper. Apart from the ghastly name there are quite a lot of odd things about the magazine – how many can you spot? I’ve seen complaints on Twitter about the amount of advertising of overseas holidays in the magazine. That is a…
Bird Study wrapping
I haven’t delved into Bird Study yet as I was distracted by its wrapper. It’s so unusual for a magazine to arrive chez moi apparently wrapped in plastic that I have been scouring the wrapper, the journal and the bit of paper inside the wrapper to find something telling me that it’s all recyclable really….
HS2 to be or not to be?
My views on HS2 have changed over time. I started being philosophically in favour (infrastructure improvement, investment during a time of austerity, linking the country, trains) but thinking that it would probably never happen, and then, as I learned more about it, to being practically against (overpriced for the returns, unnecessarily damaging route) but thinking…
GCSE in natural history on the cards?
This looked like potentially good news and if there is some truth in it then it represents a rather rapid victory for Mary Colwell’s campaign. On this blog Mary has written about her ideas a few times, starting with A Natural History GCSE in 23 November 2012, and then Natural History GCSE (2) in October…
Interesting; mistakes do happen…
Moors for the Future is a partnership between Peak District National Park, Environment Agency, National Trust, Pennine Prospects, RSPB, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water.