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The most (and least) read posts of 2019

Posted on January 6, 2020 by

We like to share our most read posts, along with our least read posts (so we can share the love). Have a little browse through – all hold wonderful clues to the recent past. Least read post of 2019 It’s … Continue reading →

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Ex Profundis

Posted on November 4, 2019 by

“Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.” Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote The most perfect thing in nature, arguably, is the egg. A living capsule: … Continue reading →

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Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth I recently bought this book (with my own money, this is an impartial review: I can’t be bought, man!). “Smilodon” is somewhat of a companion volume to another recent-ish release, namely “The Other Saber-tooths: Scimitar-tooth Cats … Continue reading →

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A whorl of difference

Posted on October 26, 2018 by

C’mon. Hop on into the Beastmobile. Have you been to the loo? Have you charged your phone ok? I’ve got snacks, we can have lunch in this utterly gorgeous wee pub I know. Right then, off we go.  I’m taking … Continue reading →

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Impressions

Posted on June 22, 2018 by

[The following autobiographical short was my submission to the Hugh Miller writing competition 2017-2018 for which I received runner-up prize in prose.] I was about six years old when I first tried to listen to the past. Holding a fossil … Continue reading →

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Sabertooth

Posted on January 25, 2018 by

[This review was written in 2014, when the book first came out] I recently read “Sabertooth” by Mauricio Anton. Obviously given my interests, this was one book I had to treat myself to. Anton and Turner’s “Big cats and their … Continue reading →

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Lost Animals

Posted on January 23, 2018 by

[This book review was written when the book was first published] I’ve been a big fan of Errol Fuller’s thoughtful prose for about 13 years. When I was finishing my undergraduate degree I had my imagination fired by reading some … Continue reading →

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Island hopping hippos

Posted on January 19, 2018 by

My mum passed away suddenly at the beginning of January. It was a huge shock. It still is a huge shock. It still doesn’t seem real that I will never see her again. Life is so fragile. I wish there … Continue reading →

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“Nice Beaver!” (redux)

Posted on December 1, 2017 by

Beavers! Majestic dam makers of Canada. Living on a diet of maple syrup and poutine. Probably. I don’t know. Much bigger in the past, North America had Castoroides ohioensis, the giant beaver. As big as a bear. With its razor … Continue reading →

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No Bullwinkle

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

On Twilight Beasts you will hopefully have seen some of the amazing mummified animals of the Pleistocene. Some of these mummies may even be like old familiar friends to you: the woolly mammoths Lyuba, Buttercup, Khroma, Dima, Yuka, and Mascha, … Continue reading →

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