Once there were songs and poems about the seafaring life. How many sea shanties, I wonder, will emerge from the 1.89 mln merchant seamen who transport commodities to us now? wix.to/YpYD7bB

Gaza was a rather different place when the great English Traveller, Alexander William Kinglake (1809-1891), set off across the desert to Cairo in the 1830s
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The Missing Thread | Somerset House - this wonderful exhibition will be over soon but if you are near London do go along! somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/the-m…

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Haikus can save the world…messages for COP24 youtu.be/8NUdrIXsZMo?si…

How fun and games in Uranium in the 1970s helps us to understand that we metal people do today!
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It's the 1950s all over again - USA and Russia hurtling towards nuclear war. In this talk, I refer to what people did in the 1950s - the artists, thinkers, songwriters, satirists, filmmakers, cartoonists - and those who walked 52 miles to Aldermaston over Easter 1958.

And on an autumn day, not a bad view either.

Apple Day at The Newt in Somerset always a delight - a whole lotta scrumpin, mullin, bobbin, goin on. The park a pleasure garden of apple pressing and cyder drinking.

Our lithium highway just became real with Tata/HMG investment in our EV future. Bridgwater battery-making announcement just great for U.K. And…if all goes well, Lithium to be supplied from down the road in Cornwall!

We must protect our ticket offices to keep our trains safe, secure and accessible to all! Take two minutes to write to your local train company RMT #SaveTicketOffices nwmd.io/s/twitter/Zx89…

Beautiful message on the wall of the Festival Hall, London.

How Green is my Valley? At present the world relies on Lithium from ancient closed basins in the Atacama. Could we do better in Cornwall?
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You want no-hole hostas? Place them high on a stand and in a pot. It works for us but not for our snails. No chemicals used in our garden. My wife says I’m smug.

An evening at RSPB Greylake here on The Levels is always something special.

My compost heap - or rather my slow worm’s…

How lucky we were to have Trevor Tarring to chronicle the ups and downs of our trade
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Good, rigorous, investigative local journalism. There is still hope! Subscribe to Somerset Confidential levellerconfidential.substack.com/?utm_campaign=…

I think it was Ray Davies of The Kinks who campaigned for Village Greens to be recognised as much as august bulidings. I agree.
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My daughter had a baby a year ago. I think the dog might be jealous.