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Cats, cannabis, kilts and kori bustards
Mar 24, 2011 | | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | 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 | Countryside Digest | 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 | Countryside Digest | 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 | | Countryside DigestAn American town in the Brazilian jungle, J. Paul Getty and Mark Twain. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.
Beer, Beans, Banks and Brands
Mar 21, 2010 | | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Environment | Spring 2010Beer diets, beans diets, Icelandic banks (on a crash diet?), pets, paws and small farm producers. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.