New research shows earlier arrival in Saudi Arabia
Author: Billy Mann
News wall: Poland in LGBT clash with EU
Around 80 towns declare themselves “LGBT-free”
Diary snapshot: The birch tree
In Celtic cultures, the birch symbolises growth, renewal, stability, initiation, and adaptability
Diary snapshot: Boris’s Kitchen-sink anarchy
The word anarchy was first used in 1539, meaning "an absence of government"
Art: Ted Bolt Says Relax, A Portrait
I chose to make a portrait of someone I have never even seen
News wall: Churchill’s secret guerrilla army
A sort of Dad's Army with dirty faces
Artwork Archive: Poppy Fields
The 1914-18 world war holds a place in my mind that is both comforting and disturbing
SoCS 19.9.20: Tion Wayne
The challenge is to use words ending in TION in a stream of consciousness. If it hadn't been for SoCS, the British rapper Tion Wayne would have passed me by. As it is, my attention has been piqued and henceforth I shall roam the land up and down, back and forth, this way and that, … Continue reading SoCS 19.9.20: Tion Wayne
Diary snapshot: Duvet day
Duvets originated in rural Europe and were filled with the down feathers of ducks or geese
News wall: Safe-distance social care
To improve opportunities and life chances, to strengthen families and to protect human rights
Flashback: This time last year
So much has changed in such a short space of time
Drabble: Accidental damage
She was hunched over the sink, head in hands
News wall: Test & Trace
NHS Test and Trace is an outsourced service provided to the National Health Service in England
News wall: Boris’s Brexit
‘Boris Johnson claims to have signed an international agreement by mistake’
Diary snapshot: Young Marble Giants
Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock
News wall: Chimpanzees
The biggest threats to the chimpanzee are habitat loss, poaching, and disease
Diary snapshot: Spelunking
The recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems
News Wall: Weeds
A plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place"
News Wall: Venus
It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty
Diary Snapshot: Surveillance methods
The modern theodolite has evolved into what is known as a Total Station














