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Archives for July 2015

A question of trust

9 July 2015 by Simon Barnes 5 Comments

July 9            Last night I went to Holt in North Norfolk to talk a bit about the World Land Trust. I’m a council member and was happy to spread the world a bit. Here’s a chunk from my speech. *  So I met this bloke in a pub in East Anglia and we got… [Read More]

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Rain

5 July 2015 by Simon Barnes 4 Comments

Sunday July 5 The weather has broken. I hurried to my writing-shed, rain falling on my shoes. Once inside I was able to savour the incomparable sound of rain falling on a roof while the person who listens to it stays dry. It’s something that takes us back to the dawn of humankind, or even… [Read More]

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Eddie takes wing

1 July 2015 by Simon Barnes 14 Comments

I left Alderney at eight in the morning, and saw a few dozen gannets from the plane. Got to London just before eleven on a sweaty old day. It was full of people, very few of whom had seen a gannet that morning. I had meetings with the excellent Intelligent Life magazine, and then with… [Read More]

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Wimbledon and a flight of gannets

1 July 2015 by Simon Barnes 17 Comments

Monday June 29 Please excuse me. I’m going to be a bit autobiographical. A year ago, I was told I was no longer writing for The Times. A bit of blow, that, after 34 years. But you rise above such things, or at least you try to. That’s been sort of the theme of the… [Read More]

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