Countryside Digest
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Motor cars, canines and capitalism
Countryside Digest, Departments, The Current Issue
November 21, 2011
In a move reminiscent of the infamous family-planning measures introduced in 1976, residents of Shanghai are only allowed one dog per household.
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Peacocks, oysters and rubber ducks
Autumn 2011, Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments
September 9, 2011
History traditionally has ranked alchemists with counterfeit artists, huckster quacks, snake oil salesmen, and witches. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.
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Washing, wages, wax and worms
Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Summer 2011
June 16, 2011
A review of recent studies suggests many amoebae have sex! Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.
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Cats, cannabis, kilts and kori bustards
Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Spring 2011
March 24, 2011
Highland Security The fashion of wearing nothing beneath a kilt has been condemned by the Scottish Tartans Authority, which has called the practice “childish and unhygienic,” The Times of London reports. Brian Wilton, the director, said: “The idea that you are not a real Scot unless you are bare under your kilt should be thrown…
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Snowflakes, sap and socialist plots
Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Winter 2010
November 20, 2010
Snowflakes “Before Wilson Bentley discovered the joys of taking photographs down a microscope, few people considered the snowflake a thing of beauty. Last week, the Carl Hammer Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, was selling 20 Bentley prints for $4,800 apiece.” “Bentley was a Vermont farmer and self-taught scientist who in 1880 received a microscope for his…
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Spotty apples, sleepy bees and mad economists
Autumn 2010, Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments
September 13, 2010
Spotty Apples, Sleepy Bees and Mad Economists. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.
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Fordlandia, Flying Machines and Formulas for Success
Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Summer 2010
June 15, 2010
An American town in the Brazilian jungle, J. Paul Getty and Mark Twain. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.
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Beer, Beans, Banks and Brands
Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Spring 2010
March 21, 2010
Beer diets, beans diets, Icelandic banks (on a crash diet?), pets, paws and small farm producers. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.
Artist in Residence
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Susan Mein
A self-taught artist who began painting at an early age, Susan’s slightly naïve style adds extra charm to her nostalgic interpretations of rural life, which include scenes from here in the hills.
Countryside Digest
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Motor cars, canines and capitalism
In a move reminiscent of the infamous family-planning measures introduced in 1976, residents of Shanghai are only allowed one dog per household.
Letters
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Letters to the Editor
Letters published in the WINTER 2011 edition of In The Hills magazine.
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