Our Vital Earth
Words and images by Tim Holt-Wilson
Thursday, 19 May 2022
No-Mow-May
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May returns and “ the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land ”. Sadly, the voice of the lawnmower is more likely to be heard today, as...
Thursday, 17 March 2022
In memory of a friend
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Grief comes as a sudden surprise, like a sudden shower in May, and I remember you. I never imagined this day would come - you, strong as a...
Monday, 14 February 2022
Carstone and Chalk
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'Carstone I will mention in order to abuse it" (Jacquetta Hawkes ('A Land', 1951). Why not? This orangey-coloured Norfolk...
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Insatiable
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About five years ago I came across the painting 'Insatiable' by Theodore Bolha and Chris Davis. It graces the cover of ' Clima...
Sunday, 10 May 2020
Ferment
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The garden is - as ever - a wealth of life: a ferment of greenery and flies, birds and song, sunlight patterns on leaves: myriad changes in ...
Monday, 4 May 2020
Clinging On
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As the human world reels under the malign influence of Coronavirus , my thoughts turn to Cretaceous barnacles. This sudden interest in e...
Saturday, 4 April 2020
A Blackthorn Spring
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Cold winds easterly have been blowing across East Anglia for the past week, though temperatures are set to rise this weekend. Blackthorn bl...
Sunday, 5 August 2018
Islay
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4th June 2018 I'm back from staying with my uncle on the Isle of Islay. This is the most southerly large island of the Inner Hebrides....
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