Authoritarianism
The Real Science Behind Global Warming
“I feel as if I should be angry with that child, that naive young girl. Or that I must not forgive her for not recognising the nature of that monster. For not being aware of [more…]
Weather
Diary
A View From The Greenhouse; Eid Mubarak, Suckers
Along with every other part of the country we’ve had a bit of “Man Climate Change Made Warming Cool Global” weather over the last couple of weeks or so, (more of which later) which has [more…]
20th Century
Deluge at Lynmouth
Over breakfast on the morning of Friday, August 15th 1952, readers of the letters page of the Ilfracombe Chronicle and North Devon News may have noticed the following correspondence from a Mr Cuthbert Burgoyne of [more…]
Diary
A View From The Greenhouse (End Of The World, innit?)
It hardly seems like two minutes since I was writing my last meandering offering and here we are again. It came to my attention, a couple of weeks ago, that I’d never fully installed the [more…]
Arts
Rough Gardening In A Pandemic. This Seasons Plan
There always has to be a plan. Whether or not it’s a plan that will be carried through, that’s another matter, but plan this season there is. A large part of it is based on [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Twenty Nine
Monday Well, that was a lovely wet and windy weekend. I didn’t go outside any more than was absolutely essential, it’s not nice getting wet fur and being blown all over the place. I’d much [more…]