Book review – geography
How a faulty map led to the discovery of America
Reflecting on the genesis of Treasure Island, the adventure yarn that grew from a map of an exotic isle he…
Lands of legend: from the Auroras to Atlantis
The Un-Discovered Islands could not be more different in substance — though it is similar in style — to Malachy…
Kathmandu — or don’t
Although Nepal’s earthquake last April visited our television screens with images of seismic devastation, the disaster has probably had little…
What can we do with Dartmoor?
In his poem ‘Eden Rock’, Charles Causley conjures up a dreamy memory of a childhood picnic ‘somewhere beyond Eden Rock’.…
An alternative map of Britain: caves, canals, megaliths and ley lines
Picture the map of Britain. Its strangely cadaverous shape, blobs of population and routes between them seem as familiar as…
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‘We need to drive normal
people out of politics.’
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‘Must you do your make-up on the Tube?’
‘There’s a Novichokolate on the pillow.’
‘All you do is binge watch.’
‘Amazon would have delivered
your sermon a lot quicker.’
‘Don’t feed the Lib Dems – it
just encourages them.’
‘Hush, hush, lower your tone,Christopher Robin is checking his phone.’
‘There’s a 12.5 per cent surcharge for American tourists.’
‘We’ve just weaned her onto taking photos of solid food.’
