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Nature

pheasant in the garden

There was a nice healthy-looking, shiny, brightly coloured male pheasant in the garden yesterday – which is pretty unusual in south London. What with the Ring-necked Parakeets and the Beast of Sydenham, it’s starting to seem pretty exotic around here.

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Culture

poem no. 10 – Ralegh

As you came from the holy land – Sir Walter Ralegh

As you came from the holy land