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Catching The Rain

Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley

Category: Silly bits

1 October 20085 October 2008

‘Bride’ arrested on wedding day – Times Online

Is this the sort of wedding photography I aspire to? ‘Bride’ arrested on wedding day – Times Online

Photography, Silly bits, No Comments
3 April 20073 April 2007

Grow your own Viagra

The Independant ran a fascinating article on Sunday: Grow-your-own Viagra craze hits Britains garden centres Thankfully I’m not one to need to follow their advice (too much info?!), but this has to be one of the best botanical news stories I’ve read for ages. It’s always nice to see the Read more …

Plants in the news, Silly bits, No Comments
27 March 2007

When is a knotweed a weed?

The Daily Mail is today reporting “Attack of the super weed hits Olympics” and suggesting that clearing 10 acres of this pesky little plant could cost £70 million.  They go on to say: Surveyors have discovered that the aggressive weed has taken over 10 acres of the proposed sites for Read more …

Plants in the news, Silly bits, 1 Comment
22 March 200722 March 2007

Got a problem? Blame global warming!

I hesitate to post this, seeing as the subject of global warming is clearly a serious one, but if nothing else it shows how the politicians and headline writers grab hold of things and twist them to their own ends. In fact I have just remembered that I posted something Read more …

Silly bits, No Comments
15 January 200715 January 2007

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 …

Silly bits, Where I live, 1 Comment
21 December 2006

Blackberry bush saves skydiver in 15,000ft fall

The title says it all really: Blackberry bush saves skydiver in 15,000ft fall. That’s a juicy plant story if ever I read one. Ouch!!!

Plants in the news, Silly bits, No Comments

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