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'Whale: The Illustrated Biography' by Asha de Vos Review
‘Whale: The Illustrated Biography’ was published on 6th January this year. It is part of a series of illustrated biographies published by Princeton University Press. With another on Sharks, that I have yet to read. This book was one I was super excited to read having followed Asha de Vos pioneering work in blue whales, equality and marine conservation more widely. She seems like an incredibly…
How the Fastest Land Mammal Struggles to Survive:
Cheetah’s Up Close with Bertie Gregory Reviewed In the Serengeti during the wildebeest migration, Bertie Gregory and the team set out to film the fastest land mammal; the cheetah. 95% of cheetah cubs do not survive through to adulthood and the adults struggle amidst the competition in Tanzania. Gregory and field guides Bazili Kessy and Dennis Mollel. National Geographic Gregory’s background is…
Peregrine Falcon Trafficking: A Growing Threat to Conservation
Recently, it has been reported that “Hundreds of birds go missing each year” (Kevin Kelly, National Wildlife Crime Unit). With Peregrine Falcon chicks being taken from nests and illegally being traded to the Middle East. Phoebe Weston and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism at The Guardian have been investigating the illegal trade into this area. It was also reported in 2024 by the Daily…
Wild London with David Attenborough in Words
David Attenborough’s Wild London aired on BBC on New Year’s Day. As a London dweller for the past 70 years (Richmond Park is just a few minutes away), Attenborough shows us how wild a city can really be. In his characteristic style, Attenborough is on our screens with a child-like joy and infectious curiosity about the natural world. He is pictured here with a Peregrine Falcon chick. These are…
Decoding Steve Backshall's Royal Arctic Challenge Documentary
In ‘Steve Backshall’s Royal Arctic Challenge’ Steve retraces a young Prince Charles’ arctic adventure 50 years on. The aim is to spot the differences between life and environment in the Arctic 50 years ago with that of today to emphasise the need for solutions to the climate crisis. It has been released at an apt time, December 2025. This schedule allows it to coincide with the Christmas period.…
The Safekeep: A Post-Nazi Era Tale of Desire
Yael Van Der Wouden’s debut novel is set in post-Nazi era Netherlands in the early 1960’s. It had been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. The novel is a sizzling, slow burn of desire, yearning, and a changing world. The novel follows Isabel. She is a near-thirty year old woman who has lived most of her life in the same ordered house. She has, for the most part, confined herself to it. The…
Two Peaks Adventure: Scafell Pike and Sca Fell
Book Review: The Place of Tides
The Place of Tides is a non-fiction semi-biographical account by James Rebanks. It tells the tale of his time with an elderly eider-duck woman, Anna, on an archipelago in Norway off of Veda called Fjærøy just below the Arctic circle; both examining the nature of conservation and the nature of humans. Rebanks is best known for his books detailing his exploits as a sheep farmed in the Lake…
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Vet Journeys: Preliminary Year at Nottingham
Exams are finished, which has meant I've had a bit more time to put pen to paper (or hand to keyboard?) to put together a little reflection on this past year.
Veterinary Work Experience
A small U-turn from English to finding experience in Veterinary...
After graduating in English, I have returned to another passion of mine in veterinary medicine. So over the summer and autumn I found a couple of different experiences to find out whether the subject truly is something I want to explore more. To apply to study Veterinary Medicine, experience in an animal setting, and a clinical setting are vital for the application process. Tiggy Winkles…
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Salman Rushdie and The Nuclear Deal: A Timely Assassination, or Unfortunate Coincidence?
Salman Rushdie and The Nuclear Deal: A Timely Assassination, or Unfortunate Coincidence?
On August 12th Indian-British author Salman Rushdie was stabbed as he was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. Rushdie has been a controversial writer since the publication of ‘The Satanic Verses’ which critises islam. He received many death threats at the time including from Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, who issued a fatwa, a religious edict, calling…
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Awards Season: A Review of 'Belfast' and 'The Power of The Dog'
With the #BAFTA's last weekend and the #Oscars upcoming, here's a review of two of the front runners... #Belfast #powerofthedog
The BAFTA’s were last weekend and the Oscars are coming up on the 28th of March (at 1am if you’re in Britain), award shows that for years have celebrated the power of the cinema and now streaming sites, to quote Kenneth Branagh’s speech ‘long live the big screen’. Movies are now competing in two platforms and between different kinds of audiences. Most great films are just meant to be seen big,…
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International Woman's Day
International Woman’s Day
International Woman’s day, on March 8th, has officially been deemed a global day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women by the UN since 1975. But has been informally celebrated since the suffragette movement. As each IWD rolls around on this site I have celebrated some of the important women in my life, recommended incredible films and books written and…
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Robert Harris's "Munich" Review
A review of Robert Harris's book 'Munich' and its recent Netflix adaptation... #Munichtheedgeofwar #netflix
A story that speaks for our time, or a tackless redemption story? “Munich: The Edge of War” was released on Netflix and at selected cinemas at the end of January 2022. It stars George Mackay as Hugh Legat (a fictional English civil servant) and Jannis Niewöhner as Paul Hartmann (a German diplomat) with Jeremy Irons playing the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain. The novel, published in…
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Repeating History?| 'Munich' and Russia's Invasion of Ukraine.
Is History being repeated? Looking up from the pages of 'Munich' by Robert Harris this week, to see Russia attacking Ukraine in the news, felt like I hadn't left the world of the book at all...
Netflix recently released ‘Munich: The Edge of War’, a film adaptation of Robert Harris’s book. It centres around the Munich agreement, Chamberlain’s attempt to ensure peace in Europe via the negotiation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. With Vladimir Putin’s Russia waging war on Ukraine, reading this book felt very apt for me, and terrifying. Looking up from the pages to hearing the news at…
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Should Boris Johnson Resign?
I’ve caved. I’m joining the conversation on the continuing discussion of #partygate and Boris Johnson’s leadership capabilities... Do you think Boris Johnson should resign?
I’ve caved. I’m joining the conversation on the continuing discussion of #partygate and Boris Johnson’s leadership capabilities. In December it was first published by ITV that Boris Johnson and other members of his cabinet broke their own social distancing rules to hold a boozy after work meeting or party. The leaked images showed MP’s sat in the garden at 10 Downing Street drinking. Then,…
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Finding the Silver Lining
Finding the Silver Lining
“Liquid silver falls from the skiesDrop by Drop Squeezed from the darkness aboveDrops become a flowing silver riverWinding around the bend or hung on a string Frozen in time. A snapshot. Gently slipping, tumbling downBut joins the mass eventually. The darkness breaks. Light spurts out.Like moonlight on the waterIts golden glow illuminatinga delicate cobwebbed pathBursting forth on the…
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