Countryside Digest

Douglas Grant Pearce
Jul 10, 2013 | | Blogs | Departments | EnvironmentMemorial tributes may be made to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, or share a comment here In The Hills.

Prizes, propaganda and pollination
Nov 17, 2012 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Winter 2012“Macdonald spoke on April 27, 1885. He noted that the definition of ‘persons’ should be broadened to include women, this being a half century before the deed would finally be done by the famous Person’s case of 1929.

Whales, wheat and Wonderland
Sep 13, 2012 | | Autumn 2012 | Back Issues | Departments | EnvironmentAlice’s True Adventure “There was never a March Hare, a Cheshire Cat, or a hookah-smoking caterpillar. The mushroom upon which the caterpillar sat, however, is real. The iconic Amanita muscaria,…

Battles, balloons, vitamin B and Pierre Berton
Jun 17, 2012 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Summer 2012Nearly 60 per cent of Americans 18 to 24 live with their parents – a higher proportion of adult children are living with their parents now than at any time since the 1930s.

Libertarians, populists and procrastinators
Mar 22, 2012 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Spring 2012Hot rocks, put it off, a passing thought, war flags and Holy typo! Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

Motor cars, canines and capitalism
Nov 21, 2011 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Winter 2011In a move reminiscent of the infamous family-planning measures introduced in 1976, residents of Shanghai are only allowed one dog per household.

Peacocks, oysters and rubber ducks
Sep 9, 2011 | | Autumn 2011 | Back Issues | Departments | EnvironmentHistory traditionally has ranked alchemists with counterfeit artists, huckster quacks, snake oil salesmen, and witches. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

Washing, wages, wax and worms
Jun 16, 2011 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Summer 2011A review of recent studies suggests many amoebae have sex! Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

Cats, cannabis, kilts and kori bustards
Mar 24, 2011 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Spring 2011Highland 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…

Snowflakes, sap and socialist plots
Nov 20, 2010 | | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Winter 2010Unfortunately, Bentley’s love of snow was not reciprocated: He died of pneumonia in 1931 after walking home in a blizzard.

Spotty apples, sleepy bees and mad economists
Sep 13, 2010 | | Autumn 2010 | Back Issues | Departments | EnvironmentSpotty Apples, Sleepy Bees and Mad Economists. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

Fordlandia, Flying Machines and Formulas for Success
Jun 15, 2010 |An American town in the Brazilian jungle, J. Paul Getty and Mark Twain. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.