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Peter Fiennes
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Latest book, 'A Thing of Beauty: Travels in Mythical & Modern Greece'.
Now happily lost in France. Maupassant, Sartre, Colette and others. #books #nature #climate
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Your fact of the day:

The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.

bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Well I got the joke, but only just logged in - too late to stop the haters!
December 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Mind you, the oaks…
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
* not good news
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ah, thank you, Ian!
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Read all about her (lovely!) life in Footnotes.
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/foot...
Footnotes: A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers
A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers
uk.bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM