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Archives for March 2015

England’s vultures

30 March 2015 by Simon Barnes 8 Comments

It seems to me that what England lacks is vultures. I’m recently back from Spain, where I’ve been travelling in the Pyrenees with my old friend Chris Breen, chief exec of the travel company Wildlife Worldwide. And it was vultures that stole the show. Mostly it was the griffon vultures that dominated: great big cruisy… [Read More]

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Meat Free Week

22 March 2015 by Simon Barnes 5 Comments

I’m a bit of a hero: I have volunteered to go without meat for a whole week. It’s something called Meat Free Week, and it runs March 23-29. The event will raise money for three charities, including World Land Trust, and I’m a council member so I have to set an example. Meat Free Week… [Read More]

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Music in the air

13 March 2015 by Simon Barnes 4 Comments

Sorry again about the confusion with the links last Wednesday. Damn machine took the bit and carted me. Still, some people said they enjoyed the link I put out by accident, which was some music from my son Joseph – aka The Count. I must try and get him to do a piece inspired by… [Read More]

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Another trap

11 March 2015 by Simon Barnes 6 Comments

  Apologies to all who looked at my earlier blog on this subject: I accidentally put in a link to my son Joseph – aka The Count – playing the guitar on his new album, rather than my somewhat quieter commentary of the World Land Trust Camera Trap Competition. I really can’t be trusted with… [Read More]

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Traps and an escapee

11 March 2015 by Simon Barnes 24 Comments

  I went back to The Times the other week. It was a little weird. Before they fired me I had persuaded the paper to sponsor a photographic competition run by the World Land Trust. This is good publicity for a cause and an organisation I care about and I had no wish to see… [Read More]

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