Archive for October 26th, 2009

Sheep, Cows and Carbon

26/10/2009
By simonbrett
Sheep, Cows and Carbon

Ruminants get a pretty raw deal when it comes to debates about climate change. Not only does their flatulence create massive amounts of methane (a gas which traps about twenty times as much heat in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, albeit for a shorter time period); they also consume vast quantities of grains. Grains...
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Doing it myself

26/10/2009
By anna

A vigorous rub down with high grade sandpaper does not turn me on. I get no frisson of excitement from power tools although a man in dirty overalls with a mouth full of nails does have a certain primal appeal. When jobs need doing I get a man in to do them. It has...
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TRAVEL // ‘Japan From The Inside’ preface (2008)

26/10/2009
By pateswritings
TRAVEL // ‘Japan From The Inside’ preface (2008)

Back in my twenties, once I realised that I wasn’t going to make a living as a pop star, I scaled back my ambitions to making sure that I created my first album before I reached thirty. I finished work on ‘Pigeon Souvenirs’, the anthology of tracks recorded by The Zamora, about a week...
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