Daylight Saving: An Experiment in Collective Jet Lag

Every autumn, we perform our favorite ritual of self-sabotage: we change the clocks and then act surprised when our bodies protest. The great “extra hour of sleep” myth returns, while our circadian systems quietly implode.
And tonight’s the night, as the clocks are about to jump back, our bodie ...

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Smoke Signals from Baysdale

I am always saddened when I see those great plumes of smoke drifting across the skyline. It's a stark reminder, according to the State of Nature Report 2023, that the UK has earned itself a reputation as "one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth", with biodiversity taking a significant hit.

A good three-quarters of our moorlands are eit ...

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Tussock-Skipping and Bog-Trotting — Adventures in Rivelindale

Today's misadventure took me to a wide, flat valley flanked by low heather-clad moors. Sounds lovely, right? But Codhill Slack, or Rivelindale to use its Medieval name, has a bottom that is a boggy morass with plenty of standing water, thanks to yesterday's heavy rain.

In the distance are a couple of well-known ...

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