“Revegetating land with lupins is like fixing a toothache with a rock. It’ll work, but you’ll most likely damage a whole lot of other things that weren’t damaged to begin with” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Go away We're sticks

Shipwrecks and family memories in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social #countrydiary #naturewriting

Ploughing at the gleaning - Rowland Hilder Whilst American born, his parents were from Kent. His father decided to return to fight for King and Country in WW1, & Rowland became famous for his landscapes in the County & especially in the Darenth Valley & the Weald

Just saying… But despite the worry, the heartache, the physical labour, going out in the dark/wind/rain/snow to feed/check on them… I’m grateful to have all my animals ❤️ #arnbegfarmstayscotland #smallholder #pettherapy

Jésús Pétur! „Hitler gerði fullt rangt, það vita það allir,“ segir Baldur Ingi. „Fór í stríð við önnur lönd og eitthvað svoleiðis.“ heimildin.is/grein/25617/...

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Recycling doesn't come much more creative than this.

After yesterday’s 💩 news… here’s something in the shape of a Baywatch Babe to lift our spirits Thank you all so much for acknowledging the loss of my Jack… my animals mean the world to me… every single one 💔 #arnbegfarmstayscotland #highlandcows

The “Sarajevo safari” www.theguardian.com/world/galler...

Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

“You can see how nature adapts after a catastrophic event such as the second world war and how, in some way, life finds its way back to the most dangerous places.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Edi Hila Moderna Museet Malmö

During Sarajevo's 1992-96 siege, wealthy foreigners secretly paid to shoot at city residents alongside Serbian forces, Bosnian Serb Army, volunteers and mercenaries. www.imdb.com/video/vi4016...

Iceland’s relatively mild climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much icier and stormier. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/15/c...

How long since a human hand has picked up this rock? The area around here is full of sink holes and caves.

6. nóvember 2025

When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong

The dream right now would be to translate Christmas folktales from Sweden, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Lithuania and Latvia and curate a collection. Our perception of Christmas has changed over time. The Christmas of yore was both light and darkness, merry and terrifying. What's not to love?

To the Clickimin Craft Fair 2025 myshetland.co.uk/to-the-click...

Amsterdam is always nice 🥰

As a former colony of a kingdom, Iceland has vestigial rules around royalty, for instance monarchs and heirs are called by Icelandic names, e.g. William and Catherine are Vilhjálmur and Katrín. Now, Icelandic state radio has declared that Andrew is no longer Andrés, illustrated with a based graphic.

myshetland.co.uk/lambie-and-b... Going through a stack of old photos to make space on hard disk. #myshetland #shetland #shetlandsheep #oldphotos #sheep

I've taken the paywall off this eulogy I wrote for my magical, mysterious ex-stray cat George, who died last year, in case anybody would like a read. I think (joint with the final chapter of my book Ring The Hill) it's my favourite thing I've ever written about cats: www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...

Gamla kyrkogården Malmö - 25. október vs. 9. október.

The North Wind Doth Blow myshetland.co.uk/the-north-wi...

The world's deadliest wind farm for birds must be stopped.‼️ We need clean energy, but not like this. Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...

Iceland is warming, at four times the rate of the rest of the northern hemisphere. Glaciers have been collapsing and fish from warmer, southern climes such as mackerel have been found in the country’s waters. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Ent Tree in Staffordshire: possibly a distant relative...

De Beuk met de ingegroeide grafsteen (The beech with the ingrown gravestone) The cemetery Stenenkruisstraat, Nijmegen, Netherlands Photo: Nardo Kaandorp

Birds play a critical role in spreading plants 🧪⚒️🦜🌱 phys.org/news/2025-10...

I Hilleshögs dalar naturreservat

Some incredible wins to balance out the knocks. niallharbison.substack.com/p/a-week-tha...

Far more than just the view. Seaford Head nature reserve provides a vital habitat for one of our rarest bees. The Potter Flower Bee nests by burrowing into the sandy soils on the clifftops and is only found at two other sites in the country 📸Potter Flower Bee ©Alex Worsley/Seaford Head ©Dennis Hunt