Stonch's Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Stuart Howe, head brewer at Sharp's in Cornwall, is a reader of this blog. He kindly sent me a cask of his Christmas beer - Nadelik - as a gift. It arrived today, and was just inside the door when we rocked up to open for business. For some reason, I felt the need to pose on the firkin in the guise of my Scottish hero, Oor Wullie. Braw. Only those readers who live or grew up in Scotland or the North...
A View from Middle England (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Free speech in Britain is becoming one-side. Or should I say lopsided? A 67-year old grandmother, Pauline Howe, has been investigated by Norfolk police for 'hate crime' after she wrote a letter to her council objecting to a gay pride march. Now she is considering suing the authorities. It's a funny old world. It is perfectly acceptable for some people to say all manner of things about the Pope, to...
DOCK GREEN (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Could someone please tell Norfolk Police that we are (just) still living in a free country, and people have the right to freedom of expression? They seem to have somehow 'forgotten', witness their sending TWO officers to interview 67-year-old grandmother Pauline Howe after she dared to write a letter of complaint against a gay pride march, which was passed on to the police by some sad council jobsworth...
stuartshepherd human name male (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Norfolk Island National Park is a protected area of 6.50 km². It comprises two sections, the Mt Pitt section on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean with an area of 4.60 km² and the neighbouring 1.90 km² Phillip Island, as well as the much smaller Nepean Island. The Norfolk Island group is an Australian territory and the park is managed by Parks Australia. It is the only place in...
UK400ClubRareBirdAlert (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A moulting adult STILT SANDPIPER remains for a third day at Starnafin Farm RSPB, Loch of Strathbeg (Aberdeenshire), showing well from the main centre hide there. A PECTORAL SANDPIPER is also feeding on the same pool, with 4 Little Gulls in the vicinity and a juvenile White-tailed Sea Eagle from the recent reintroduction scheme. In Northumberland, an adult summer PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER was discovered...
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