Sounds Ancient
By The Hampshire Ponderer Mr and Mrs Ponderer walked out into the Mid Hampshire countryside on a recent fine day and found it a noisy place. The sounds of the
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On the appreciation of beauty
By The Hampshire Ponderer This is a snapshot of the heather on Luccombe Down last month. For full appreciation Naturenet would need to be equipped with SmartSmell: the programme that
Read moreBritain’s Hitler Oak succumbs… but was it the last of its kind?
Harold Whitlock was a British athlete who won the gold medal in the 50 kilometre walk at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin. Most famously, the 1936 Olympics were
Read moreOlympics to give the money back… probably.
Moan, moan, moan. You give people the Olympic Games, and all they do is carp about how it’s going to cost them
Read moreThe 2012 Olympics: what hope for heritage now?
A couple of Olympics-related stories today combined to bring a red haze across The Ranger’s eyes. First, the new logo. It’s probably not worth pouring any more hot coals of
Read moreWho will really win the Olympic lottery?
The Ranger’s been gritting his teeth for a while now, hearing all sorts of bad noises emerging from London with respect to Olympic funding. Now, don’t misunderstand, the Olympics are
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