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Is Animal Sentimentalism Causing the Destruction of African Wildlife?
What was your reaction on seeing this photo? Revulsion? Pity? Anger? Envy? Did you mutter “Bastards!”
Richard Pooley
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The Second-Best Exotic Lunatic Line
By Mark Nicholson I took a train to Mombasa last week on the Chinese standard gauge railway (SGR, 1.435m) partly out of curiosity and...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
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South Africa - into the frying pan and into the fire
On July 11, I sent our two youngest girls back to school. At least I thought I did. Their journey as usual starts at 0100am
Dr. Mark Nicholson
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Who was John Rowlands? What, in truth, was the “special work” he was sent to do?
In 1841 a son is born to a housemaid in Wales. The father is unknown but the birth is registered in the records
Dr. Mark Nicholson
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The Last Ice in Africa - The Ruwenzori or the Mountains of the Moon
“Oh dear, what can I give my grandson, a man who has everything, for his birthday? I know, what about a mountain? Don’t I own a spare...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
6 min read
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