Summer reading: 50 brilliant books to discover
From family sagas to political memoirs, the best recent books to accompany your summer break, plus page-turning paperbacks and children’s and YA books
Source: theguardian.com
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Join naturalist Mark Cocker on a deep encounter with nature
NATURALIST and author Mark Cocker will lead a deep encounter with nature at Broughton Hall, near Skipton, on Saturday, July 8.
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One Midsummer's Day by Mark Cocker review – soaring with swifts | Science and nature books
Wonder and gratitude drive a revelatory account of this vital summer visitor
Source: theguardian.com
Climate change action coming to Stratford with Great Big Green Week
Climate change action coming to Stratford with Great Big Green Week.
Source: stratford-herald.com
EA Festival back at Hedingham Castle for June 2023
The festival debuted in 2021 and returned strongly last year.
Source: halsteadgazette.co.uk
EA Festival back at Hedingham Castle for June 2023 | Braintree and Witham Times
The festival debuted in 2021 and returned strongly last year.
Source: braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk
In brief: Because I Don't Know What You Mean…; One Midsummer's Day; Imagine a City – reviews | Books
Josie Long’s first story collection brims with wry wit, Mark Cocker pays philosophical tribute to the swift, and Mark Vanhoenacker offers a pilot’s-eye view of urban life
Source: theguardian.com
Hebden Bridge Arts announces Open Space 70 programme including guided nature walks, film screenings and workshops
Hebden Bridge Arts has unveiled of the programme for Open Space 70, its highly anticipated environmental arts project and festival.
Source: halifaxcourier.co.uk
National Trust criticised for plans to build Peak District's biggest car park | The National Trust
Heritage body wants to build 1,065-space car park at Lyme Park despite net zero by 2030 pledge
Source: theguardian.com
Economics & Marginalia: April 21, 2023
John Mortimer’s third autobiography (he was very long-lived; after each one he found he went through a lot of unexpected life, hence the trilogy) opens with the reflection that the marker of elderliness is the moment you realise you cannot put on your own socks. I think the Rubicon of middle-age is when the highlight of your Friday is loading the car with the accumulated debris of the cardboard boxes you’ve unpacked in the house and taking them down to the tip (I suspect that would be a ‘m...
Source: cgdev.org