Country Life

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I WANT you to take a long look at the planet we have created for ourselves and to do that you need to imagine you’re a visitor from another galaxy. Planet Earth floats into view and you swing by for a look. What do you find? At first, you might envy

NPR

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The novelists, poets and playwrights won Wednesday partly for their work so far, but also for the promise they've shown. If previous winners are an indication, it's a promise they're likely to keep.

Writing Magazine

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The Hysteria Writing Competition 2020 is inviting entries. The competition, which is run by Linda Parkinson Hardman, supported the work of her social enterprise The Hysterectomy Association until that closed in 2019. It’s now run from Linda’s blog. T

Amateur Photographer

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If wintry conditions favourable to photography, such as frost or snow, aren’t forecast and the landscape is looking drab, a trip to the coast could be a good bet. Many coastal locations look the same year-round, they just need good light to look thei

Shooting Times & Country

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Having water on a shoot always brings a special joy, and even a small scrape or splash can attract a few snipe or the odd duck. How much it will cost to create a pond or splash is hard to predict. On a heavy clay soil, a weekend’s digger hire of a fe

Outdoor Photographer

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By Richard Langer “This photograph was taken from a small helicopter over the Napali cliffs on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. To avoid the distortions that would result from photographing through the helicopter’s dome, I selected one that had no doors.

Getaway

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Seafarers from the flat plains of Europe had scant experience of heights before settling in Cape Town. If theyʼd just collaborated with the locals instead of subjugating them, theyʼd have understood why the slopes of Hoerikwaggo (the Khoisan name for

Home Journal

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It’s one thing to find an ethereal oasis in the heart of a city – and entirely another to traverse to what feels like the edge of the earth, enveloped by nature’s majestic wonders right at your fingertips as you undergo a deep rejuvenation. Perched a

Newsweek Europe

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Alberta, Canada Did you see that? In a rare occurrence of non-human life working in mysterious ways, thousands of fireflies gather together and flash simultaneously every few seconds during their mating ritual, which lasts for only two weeks a year,

You South Africa

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Norway recently discovered an ancient mountain pass and artefacts dating back to the time of the Vikings. The pass was uncovered because ice that used to cover it had melted – probably because of global warming. The researchers esti

Poets & Writers

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Feedback from readers Back in the day, I used to subscribe to a teen magazine, and when it came I would hug it to my chest, run inside, and read it cover to cover. Now, as a grown-up writer, I do the same with Poets & Writers Magazine. The July/Augus

Writing Magazine

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The winner of the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award is The Principles of Moments, Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson (pictured left), with The Reeves’ Guild, Kyla Jardine, in second. The award was launched last year by Gollancz and Ben Aaronovitch in p

Popular Science

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To untangle the relationship between climate change and late fall foliage, researchers are asking national park visitors to check their old photo albums for snapshots that could hold valuable data.

Wilderness

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AT 1360M ALTITUDE, roughly circular and almost 500m across, Lake Browning is big, bold and beautiful. It straddles The Divide between Canterbury and Westland and drains northwards over a series of cataracts into the wild upper reaches of the Arahura

Outdoor Photographer

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By Ross Stone “Alabama Hills in California during the late fall and early winter is magical. The summer crowds are gone. The oppressive desert heat has faded. The hustle and bustle of tourists on vacation have left, and the only thing remaining is th

BBC Countryfile Magazine

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Rising on the quiet slopes of Scotland’s Gargunnock Hills, Endrick Water filters west beneath the Campsie Fells, slinking through a series of small villages and into Loch Lomond. It is a characterful river, not least on its upper reaches where it cra

ROVA

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Contrary to common lore about relatives by marriage, my parents-in-law are pretty rad (shout-out to Lawrie and Jude; I know you’re reading this!), so it was no great hardship to spend a month in an RV with them, along with my wife Gem. My in-laws are

SA Country Life

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The world is topsy-turvy. News headlines shout, ‘Paris records hottest day as temperatures sear Europe’… ‘Dutch invoke national heatwave plan as temperatures soar and, yes, it works’… ‘Britain melts as temperatures reach 40˚C’… ‘London struck by viol

Futurity

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Open water nearest the sea ice surrounding Antarctica releases significantly more carbon dioxide in winter than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers looked at data from more than 100 oceanic floats diving and drifting in the Sout

Her World Singapore

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I’m writing this just after settling into my beautiful sea villa on Pangkor Laut in Perak for a weekend getaway. Even though it’s just an hour’s flight from Singapore to Malaysia, the waters around Pangkor Laut are crystal-clear and serenely blue. Si

Backyard

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The warmer weather is well and truly here! This means there’s no time like the present to get your outdoor entertaining areas into top shape. If you don’t feel like going hard on the professional improvements or DIY front, there are plenty of things

Popshot Magazine

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8 – Julie-Ann Rowell is a Bristol-based poetry teacher and mentor. Her first poetry pamphlet, Convergence, won a Poetry Book Society Award. Her latest collection, Voices in the Garden, was published by Lapwing Publications. 10 – Jessica Kashdan-Brown

How It Works

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Europa may contain more liquid water than all of Earth’s oceans Viruses can be harder to fight off when the body is cold Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer can make 415 quadrillion calculations per second The 20-kilogram kori bustard is the world’s h

Literary Hub

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Every work of art—every book, every film, every painting—is an unlikely achievement. We know this instinctively, of course. The vision one has for any piece at the outset can never be more than partially fulfilled, limited as we are by our talent, ou

Visi

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PHOTOS JAN RAS PRODUCTION SUMIEN BRINK WORDS INGRID JONES “I REALISED THAT THE SHAPE OF THE SPACES NEEDED TO MIMIC THE PATTERNS FOUND IN THE ROCK POOLS." ARCHITECTURE AND NATURE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER. "EVERY ILOCK OF STONE HAS A STATUE INSIDE IT, AND

Farmer's Weekly

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• Swartland producer Melt van der Westhuizen holds the South African canola yield record, but cannot ascribe his achievement to any specific factor. • Adverse weather, such as drought and wind, can cause canola yields to fluctuate dramatically from

Go: Drive & Camp

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Bloemfontein During the day, the sun may be out, but that doesn’t mean the temperatures get really high. At night, the temperature can easily drop below zero, just so you know. Cape Town Although recently affected by drought, Cape Town still gets re

SHOWDETAILS PARIS LONDON

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LONDON February 16, 2019 Earth, air, fire, water. Mary Katrantzou celebrated natural elements, telluric and seismic instincts, changes in the wind and sky, storms. Her dresses were like explosions from volcanoes: eccentric and exuberant, with multi-c

ROVA

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IT’S A HOT DAY ON THE MASSACHUSETTS coast, and you’ve been driving. The sun’s heat is shifting a little as you pull into the lot at your favorite beach. All you can see is the trail, the ocean, and the sky. You slip off your shoes and start along the

Mountain Bike Rider

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The Val Veny, just west of Courmayeur in Italy, is one of the most breathtaking places on Earth. This scenery has drawn me back countless times, but the flip side to this magic was always to endure a slow slog up a wide track that climbs painfully to