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Lament
A sonnet to mark the addition of a new ‘Environment‘ category Once, choirs of birds attuned the trembling leavesIn groves and meadows murmuring with bees,Sparrows at twilight twittered from their …
20mph
The introduction of a 20mph speed limit in residential areas across Wales has many benefits: ■ Up to 10 fewer deaths and 2,000 fewer serious injuries every year.■ £100 million …
Cardiff Shame
With apologies to Noel Coward (1899-1973) ♫ To the tune of London Pride ♫ Cardiff shame has been foisted onto us.Cardiff shame’s in the foul air we breathe.Cardiff shame means …
What’s going on
The chaos capitalists in charge of Cardiff are wreaking havoc across the city. Here are some examples in a selection of areas – plus one or two instances of things …
The bad guys
As catastrophic global heating and the wholesale destruction of the natural world gather unstoppable, exponential momentum and the inarguable evidence of the imminent collapse of our one and only biosphere …
The Great British balls-up
The UK is a failed State. The public sector is a hollowed-out shell and every public service has collapsed. Quite apart from the self-inflicted fiasco and stupidity of Brexit, all …
Council elections
Elections in all 22 Welsh local authorities take place tomorrow and it goes without saying that the priority must be to send a loud and clear message to the shambolic, …
Frying tonight
The consequences of a one-megaton nuclear bomb* First, a dazzling white light suddenly appears. This is the light of the fireball, a light unlike any light seen before, a blinding …
November
Somewhat after Thomas Hood (1799-1845) No hopes – no dreams –No plans – no schemes –No sense – no brains – no understanding why and how –No smiles – no …
High tide
I first wrote about the Cardiff coast ten years ago, with a follow up piece a year later. In the process, I endowed a part of Cardiff with a semi-ironic …