Category Archives: Animals
An Apology for the Grey Squirrel
“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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Tagged katherine gregor, nature, pest, rats, scribe doll, scribedoll, squirrel, vermin, wildlife
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Odds & Ends: Rabbit Rights
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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Tagged bergdorf goodman, ear muffs, earmuffs, katherine gregor, macy's, new york, rabbits, saks, scribe doll, scribedoll
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Double Standards: The Ravens in the Tower
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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Tagged animal cruelty, katherine gregor, monarchy, ravens, scribe doll, scribedoll, tower of london
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Odds & Ends: Crows
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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Tagged birds, crows, east anglia, katherine gregor, scribe doll, superstitions
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