July 2020
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Getting back to normal
Life is returning to what it was. Not only have I started receiving unwanted cold phone calls again – trying to sell me stuff I don't want, or to scam me in inventive ways (solar panels repairs / loft insulation...
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When language gets in the way of science
There I was trying to help my stuck-at-home grandson with his chemistry school work. It was an on-line test about reactions such as what happens when an iron nail is put into copper sulphate solution, or carbonates and other compounds...
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CPRE manifesto launch
This morning, I attended the launch of CPRE, the countryside charity's regeneration manifesto which sets out how CPRE thinks the government should help us "regenerate ourselves, regenerate our green spaces and regenerate our rural economies". And in the longer-term, how we...
