Birdsongs 7
31 August 2010 // Birds //Matt's Bird of the Week //Music
Number seven in our series of ‘Birdsongs’ themed music downloads goes out on Friday and this one’s been compiled by Edwyn Collins.
Kurt Jackson – The Dart
30 August 2010 // Miscellany //On Water
An exhibition of new work by Caught by the River contributor Kurt Jackson. 4 September and 2 October 2010 Lemon Street Gallery 13 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2LS Press Release: Childhood memories of rural idyll mixed with a schoolboy’s excited view of war are at the heart of a new exhibition by the renowned [...]
Sea Cliffs
A Guide to Coastal Birds. Episode 4. BBC Radio 4 listen on the iplayer. from the BBC website: 4/5. Brett Westwood is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss on the Devonshire coast. With the help of wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson they offer a practical and entertaining guide to birds which you’re most likely [...]
Environment Agency investigating massive fish kill in River Line, East Sussex
News from the Environment Agency website. Environment Agency technical officers are working to find out what caused the almost complete loss of aquatic life in a stretch of the River Line last week. Members of the public contacted the organisation with reports of 40 dead trout in a tributary of the River Line near Battle. [...]
Untouched Waters
Hi, I just want to share that my friend Henrik Bonnevier is running a photo project up in Lappland in north of Sweden. He will stay there June-September in a roadless country to document yet unexploited running water. And there will be lots of fly fishing. The project will later result in a book. Thanks [...]
To The Greenhouse
27 August 2010 // to the greenhouse
by Tracey Thorn. August (and July). Missed last month’s column, I’m afraid. As many of you probably already know, my Mum sadly died at the end of July, and in the weeks running up, and the weeks following, I wasn’t really up to doing anything much, let alone writing a semi-humorous article about my vegetables. [...]
Theremin Under London Bridge
Dear Jeff, I shall be playing a theremin under London Bridge for 24 hours, from midnight 1st September until midnight 2nd September. You would be most welcome to come along if you like. Of course there’s more to it than that, but there’s a fuller explanation in the Guardian, or on my new website, the [...]
A Fishing Ape
For tackle tarts & fashion victims… (thanks to Pete Fowler)
On the Newsletter This Week…
26 August 2010 // Music //Port Eliot festival
Exclusively on this weeks newsletter, 45 minutes of the Seahawks DJ set from Port Eliot. The newsletter goes out to everyone on our mailing list each and every Friday. More Seahawks action HERE.
In Search Of The Nightingale’s Song
By Matt Poacher Image by Dan Morelle It has been awful quiet in these parts. I’ll confess to a certain amount of lassitude certainly, but really life has got in the way in all its prickly forms. Not least a hideous dose of uvula pustules (or tonsillitis to the school nurse) which left me feeling [...]
