Recorded in the morning at the end of February, birdsong in the garden. House sparrows, a song thrush, robin, woodpigeons, dunnock, the cock pheasant that lurks in our garden, blackbirds and corvids off in the background.
Next month I’m starting a Master’s degree in Food Studies at the University of Exeter. I’ve been thinking about doing a Master’s for the past couple of years. I have spoken with several people and been given some brilliant advice. I have questioned my motivations and my commitment. I wanted to focus on something that …
2023 for me was a year of sampling, reading, reflection, learning, conversations and getting lost. A messy, liminal year where I realised that I was very tired after the three years before it and I needed to walk a lot, breathe very deeply and collapse a bit. I won’t be glad to see the back …
In a fit of… something or other, in the past I have deleted blogs from the web. I regret it. I think maybe I thought that by casting old stuff aside it would make space for the new. Perhaps I was embarrassed about old stuff I’d written. Perhaps I felt like that history was a …
I started a newsletter. It’s called The Good File – occasional updates on what I’ve been up to, good things I’ve seen online and useful things for pragmatic optimists. You can sign up here, and read the latest addition to the file.
Reflections on making a change when the world is in a state of upheaval.
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