Category Archives: Animals

An Apology for the Grey Squirrel

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Scribe Doll

“Tree rats”, “rats with bushy tails”, “pests’, “vermin”. First of all, what is wrong with rats? I can feel my question sending ripples of disgust among you. “Eek!”, “Yuck!” Your lips are twisted in revulsion. Rats are dirty – you … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: Rabbit Rights

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Scribe Doll

New York, January 2001. ‘I am looking for ear muffs,’ I told the sales assistant at Macy’s. The girl lead me down the cluttered aisles of the department store, past the jewellery and the glove section, to a stand covered … Continue reading →

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Double Standards: The Ravens in the Tower

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Scribe Doll

I took one of my students to the Tower of London, last Friday. I confess that, in the seventeen years I have lived in London, I had never been there. Well, at least not in daytime. I was not looking … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: Crows

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Scribe Doll

To listen to my Sound Sculpture feature on crows on the BBC Radio 4 programme Saturday Live, broadcast on 14 January 2012 please click here. It’s the weekend. I go for a walk in my local park, which flanks the river. … Continue reading →

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