Tag: england
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Killing whales: Navy Sonar is taking whales to the beach
Human life is noise. Cars and buses rumble down streets, sirens blare day and night, machines bleep and whir whilst the sky is filled with metallic birds, and even in the most remote places, someone will probably be blasting music out of a speaker. We may be aware that silence is golden, but rarely do…
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Why a football sceptic should watch the World Cup in Croatia
As I wandered down an ancient street 1000 miles from home, three men cavorted on the cobbles and attempted a piggyback, tumbling precariously close to a marina edge. On being saved at the last moment by the hands of a passerby, the players clapped each other on their soaked backs, cheered and began a wild…
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Chelsea in Bloom, 2018
Wandering through Kensington & Chelsea is delightful enough on any normal London day. Add decadent designs of blooming flowers, quirky bicycles and bucketloads of greenery, and the Royal Borough is transformed into a summery haven of love. Petals are patterned into multicoloured swathes that drape around door frames and burst out of windows in an…
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