Snowy scenes at Kew Gardens
Statue in Queen’s Garden, Kew Geese in the snow at Kew Kew Palace in the snow More pictures of Kew in the snow…
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Dinosaurs and humans coexist in U.S. museum display
I do try not to delve into politics and religion, at least not in public, but I’ve just been reading about a place where dinosaurs and humans coexist in a museum display. Now, if evolution had deemed to give humans feathers then I can assure you that mine would be Read more …
Learning something in translation
I have written before about the joys of common names of plants, but the piece Losing something in translation? really does seem to have captured some of the more bizarre stories of how sometimes the most common of plants have acquired their assortment of vernacular names around the globe. I Read more …
Cliff Richard, Druids, and the Archbishop of York
These may appear at first glance to be odd bedfellows, but they all seem to share the dubious honour of having received a letter from a Mr Morello, who I have just discovered is a near neighbour of mine. What he does is not something I can easily explain, so Read more …
Leucanthemum X superbum (shasta daisy)
Leucanthemum X superbum (shasta daisy) More flower pictures… Buy a print or poster of this picture online…
Blowing a hooligan
It turned out to be a bit breezy in london yesterday. A driver was killed by falling tree, Kew Gardens shut to the public over safety fears, and bicycle journeys were taking either half the time or five times as long, depending on which way you were travelling. By coincidence Read more …