Nothing inflames the imagination quite like the Shipping Forecast
Thinkers of all kinds have been drawn to it over the decades, and poets are no exception.
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The irresistible lure of Seville’s orange season
These beautiful fruits have an intoxicating scent – and make excellent footballs.
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Roses are the wrong pick for Valentine’s Day
Out-of-season, flown-in flowers heavy with pesticide are an odd way to show you care.
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New York is an environmental Armageddon
On all sides the urban machine is operating at full tilt, churning out volcanic volumes of steam and fumes.
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The playful trend of “chaos gardening”
It’s time to tear up the horticultural rulebook and indulge in curiosity.
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Walking is the soul’s preferred means of transport
Does doing something twice in two years count as a tradition? If so, we have a family tradition of going…
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Creatures of the broken contract
As the seasons have been disrupted by climate change, many species have been left mercilessly exposed.
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Imagine the things Vietnam’s 200-year-old turtles have seen
And who are we, in the minds of those creatures?
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