Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
The bird that hatched environmentalism
Ramble along the towpath and through over a century of history with PETER FROST and a very elegant waterfowl
The great crested grebe sometimes carries its young on its back
Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
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A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips
LATE February or early March is the time to see one of the wonders of our waterside wildlife, and without any doubt the star of the feathered flotilla is the great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus).
Victorian milliners — hat-makers to you and me — and taxidermists slaughtered thousands of grebes, along with other birds, to harvest their beautiful feathers.
They were used in women’s hats of course but just as many were used in military uniforms, hat badges and adornments.
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