The fabric of these Roman baths has stood for 2000 years, only to end up in the September photo challenge.

Diane Purkiss’new book English Food: A People’s History is an amazing look at what and how the English ate, past and present. I wanted to talk about what happened when the English did not have enough to eat. Take a listen at https://eatthispodcast.c

An intense reflective experience, for the September photo challenge.

Oof! For the September photo challenge.

Red enough? For the September photo challenge

A statue, for the September photo challenge, at Nikki de St Phalle’s Tarot Garden

The wholeness of the world | Chris Smaje

Please give me what Monbiot calls ‘bucolic fairytales’or ‘neo-peasant bullshit’and what I call agrarian localism, agrarian populism or a small farm future over this sad dualism.Glad to see that Chris Smaje has embarked on a series of articles about his new book: Saying NO to a Farm Free Future.

Naming the Surface of Mercury

It is perfectly acceptable to submit a duplicate for the September photo challenge if you have had a long and exhausting day. Glowing.

Ischia is absolutely glorious and full of ...

Ischia is absolutely glorious and full of interesting places. There’s William Walton’s garden, if you are into that sort of thing, not to mention the hot baths.

These chaps in hairy trousers are surely trying to create a panic, for the September photo challenge.

Retrospective for September photo challenge.

New issue of Eat This Newsletter, with ...

New issue of Eat This Newsletter, with farmed fish, potentially pricy pasta, space spaghetti, and an optimistic analysis of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Plus longer reads on vanilla and forest gardens.

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Currently reading: US History in 15 Foods ...

Currently reading: US History in 15 Foods by Anna Zeide, ISBN: 9781350211971

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Cycle for the September photo challenge

Language captured, for the September photo challenge

Demise of The Wirecutter, and Trusted Reviews in General – The Brooks Review

What’s a person to do?

Yonder lies the castle of my father, for the September photo challenge.

A panorama for the September photo challenge.

Well designed, for the September photo challenge