Paul Tubb
@antiquariangent.bsky.social
Landscape archaeologist, historical ecologist, Mountain Leader, fly-fisher. Seeking the numinous in nature.
Woke if that means caring about people and nature
Woke if that means caring about people and nature
Good to see @kathleenjamie.bsky.social's favourite Cambridge postgrad is keeping true to form. Pseudo Corner, Current edition of Private Eye #pretentiousorwot
May 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Good to see @kathleenjamie.bsky.social's favourite Cambridge postgrad is keeping true to form. Pseudo Corner, Current edition of Private Eye #pretentiousorwot
Neglect of Dartmoor's habitats by all stakeholders has facilitated the spread of Molinia across the moor (see photo), that's what's burning.
Dartmoor is a unique landscape of ecological, heritage, recreational, and carbon capture importance. When are we going to see mature, impartial, management?
Dartmoor is a unique landscape of ecological, heritage, recreational, and carbon capture importance. When are we going to see mature, impartial, management?
www.itv.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Neglect of Dartmoor's habitats by all stakeholders has facilitated the spread of Molinia across the moor (see photo), that's what's burning.
Dartmoor is a unique landscape of ecological, heritage, recreational, and carbon capture importance. When are we going to see mature, impartial, management?
Dartmoor is a unique landscape of ecological, heritage, recreational, and carbon capture importance. When are we going to see mature, impartial, management?
Context is everything
May 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Context is everything
Thank God for that. I know the Liberals are no angels but the thought of Polievre was horrifying. Just a shame Carney isn't our PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Canadian election: Mark Carney’s Liberal party wins fourth term
Party written off months ago completes stunning comeback after Donald Trump’s threats boosted campaign
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Thank God for that. I know the Liberals are no angels but the thought of Polievre was horrifying. Just a shame Carney isn't our PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
I trust you can smell this image.
West Woods, Wiltshire, today and a crop of bluebells that can only come with 1400 years of continuous woodland cover.
West Woods, Wiltshire, today and a crop of bluebells that can only come with 1400 years of continuous woodland cover.
April 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I trust you can smell this image.
West Woods, Wiltshire, today and a crop of bluebells that can only come with 1400 years of continuous woodland cover.
West Woods, Wiltshire, today and a crop of bluebells that can only come with 1400 years of continuous woodland cover.
And in another spectacular example of the totally unqualified nature of the vast majority of so-called arboriculturalists...
"It's diseased, mate; it's got to come down". Hi-viz monkeys with chainsaws...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"It's diseased, mate; it's got to come down". Hi-viz monkeys with chainsaws...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Felling of ancient London oak tree reported to police
Oak in Whitewebbs park in Enfield was cut down by contractors but Enfield council has urged police to investigate
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
And in another spectacular example of the totally unqualified nature of the vast majority of so-called arboriculturalists...
"It's diseased, mate; it's got to come down". Hi-viz monkeys with chainsaws...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"It's diseased, mate; it's got to come down". Hi-viz monkeys with chainsaws...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A quintessentially Jim Perrin Country Diary to conclude his 20 years at the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: My fellow conservationists, take no notice of the notices | Jim Perrin
Llanstephan, Powys: For my final diary after nearly 20 years, I’ve come to one of the great secrets of the Welsh hills
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A quintessentially Jim Perrin Country Diary to conclude his 20 years at the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The contrast in motorist acceptance of 20mph urban speed limits between England and Wales is remarkable and it is a result of the blanket approach used by WG. I spend a lot of time driving in Wales and some of the 20mph limits are absolutely ludicrous
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The contrast in motorist acceptance of 20mph urban speed limits between England and Wales is remarkable and it is a result of the blanket approach used by WG. I spend a lot of time driving in Wales and some of the 20mph limits are absolutely ludicrous
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Not that DEFRA has been biased towards agri-industrial interests at all; oh no no no.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Watchdog investigating whether Defra breaking laws on cleaning up English rivers
Office for Environmental Protection says targets for water quality likely to be missed, and clarifying rules may help
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Not that DEFRA has been biased towards agri-industrial interests at all; oh no no no.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Interesting how private school fees are included in the basket of goods and services used to calculate CPI despite only 7% of children attending independent schools.
Tells you a lot about the world view of the ONS and Treasury...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Tells you a lot about the world view of the ONS and Treasury...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK inflation jumps to 3%, reducing chance of early interest rate cut
Annual CPI inflation rate hit 10-month high in January in blow to ministers amid rise in food bills and fuel costs
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Interesting how private school fees are included in the basket of goods and services used to calculate CPI despite only 7% of children attending independent schools.
Tells you a lot about the world view of the ONS and Treasury...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Tells you a lot about the world view of the ONS and Treasury...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Is she a clinical idiot or,like Liz Truss,just can't read a room on account of being so far along the spectrum she's incapable of normal human emotions? Johnson's boosterism is a significant cause of the mess we are now in
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK should learn from Donald Trump’s ‘boosterism’, Rachel Reeves says
Chancellor calls for more positivity about Britain’s strengths after returning from World Economic Forum in Davos
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Is she a clinical idiot or,like Liz Truss,just can't read a room on account of being so far along the spectrum she's incapable of normal human emotions? Johnson's boosterism is a significant cause of the mess we are now in
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Paul Tubb
“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it”
— Karl Popper.
— Karl Popper.
January 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it”
— Karl Popper.
— Karl Popper.
Reposted by Paul Tubb
January 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When is the UK Govt going to make the connection between development, carbon and waste? The UK construction industry is incredibly inefficient contributing 60%+ of the nation's waste. And all that plant doesn't run on wind-derived power, does it?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Legal challenges to UK infrastructure projects to be blocked in push for growth
Keir Starmer hopes his plan to ‘take the brakes off Britain’ will send a message to business to build more
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
When is the UK Govt going to make the connection between development, carbon and waste? The UK construction industry is incredibly inefficient contributing 60%+ of the nation's waste. And all that plant doesn't run on wind-derived power, does it?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Paul Tubb
January 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
An awful combination of spending cuts, a deficient and inert regulator, an agricultural sector bent on profit over ecology and sustainability, and a national mentality that has nothing but contempt for the environment.
What else could we expect but this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What else could we expect but this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Wales failing to tackle alarming decline in nature, report finds
One in six Welsh species threatened with extinction but report says Welsh government lacks ‘action and investment’
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
An awful combination of spending cuts, a deficient and inert regulator, an agricultural sector bent on profit over ecology and sustainability, and a national mentality that has nothing but contempt for the environment.
What else could we expect but this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What else could we expect but this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The health of the environment comes before politics, Mr Pat McFadden!!!!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as ’Tory legacy’
Exclusive: Natural England furious that years of work has been undone, with minister urged to push policy through
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The health of the environment comes before politics, Mr Pat McFadden!!!!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Seriously? This creature wouldn't know what that masculine was if it was stuffed up his arse
January 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Seriously? This creature wouldn't know what that masculine was if it was stuffed up his arse
Might I suggest fewer Volvo and BMW vehicles and rather more Skodas?
BBC News - Wiltshire Police reviews estate and vehicles looking for savings - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Wiltshire Police reviews estate and vehicles looking for savings - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wiltshire Police reviews estate and vehicles looking for savings
No police stations with front counters will be affected, Wiltshire's chief constable says.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Might I suggest fewer Volvo and BMW vehicles and rather more Skodas?
BBC News - Wiltshire Police reviews estate and vehicles looking for savings - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Wiltshire Police reviews estate and vehicles looking for savings - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...