Is phasing out tobacco purchases simply a smokescreen?
Happy Stoptober! In the mid-1950s smoking was ubiquitous: cheap, legal and socially acceptable – the habit of eighty percent of
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Happy Stoptober! In the mid-1950s smoking was ubiquitous: cheap, legal and socially acceptable – the habit of eighty percent of
Read MoreI lost a bunch of keys this week. The ancient technology of locks and keys has kept buildings and belongings
Read MoreThis winter the government introduced a price cap of £2 on single bus fares to help with its cost of
Read MoreBack in spring 2019, horrified by the unimaginable loss of invertebrate biomass, I wrote in praise of minibeasts, and their
Read MoreI’m not usually one for holidaying abroad; climate emergency guilt clipping my wings before they’ve even fully fledged. But, last
Read MoreI’ve had various costumes in my time; from my days as a teenage punk to being a Mötley glam rocker,
Read MoreI heard them before I saw them. Shrieks of excited children pierced the woodland air as I squelched my way
Read More“Who farted?” The eight-year-old me looked up from her exercise book. All the children’s eyes, and now mine too, had
Read MoreThere are plenty of places on the Isle of Wight where access is denied to me, unless under special circumstances.
Read MoreI had the privilege of dining with a group of senior citizens recently. Actually, let me be honest, I was
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