Outdoor Daily III

I liked what was here: a hand-crafted ring embedded in the granite block where a hole remains. It reminded of a quarry and mining industry long gone, a part of this landscape’s and people’s heritage. […]
I liked what was here: a hand-crafted ring embedded in the granite block where a hole remains. It reminded of a quarry and mining industry long gone, a part of this landscape’s and people’s heritage. […]
A very powerful man and ‘professional’ bully, with a very large audience (pretty much 7 billion people), who, for years, shut up anybody who started a conversation about a topic he didn’t like, or simply […]
Like you, I am European and I live in the UK. By accident of birth and shifting borders, I carry a German passport. I reflect on history, the bad bits (lots of human suffering at […]
I’m back on the Pelican of London for the final day of the voyage: up the Thames, through Tower Bridge (twice) and the final docking at Canary wharf. It feels strange to be socially distancing […]
It’s not the first time during the past few months that the language politicians use in relation to the covid-19 pandemic leaves me somewhere between incredulity and hilarity. If it wasn’t so serious, a lot […]
12 weeks in lockdown and I’m looking for the silver lining… What are we learning? About the value of life? About the value of health and looking after mind, body and spirit? About the value […]