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BBC News 20 Feb 11
Longer evenings could move a step closer with a government plan to move UK clocks forward an extra hour.
A “tourism strategy” will include a plan to move the clocks in line with most of Europe, bringing lighter evenings but darker mornings…
Photo feature
BrownhillsBob 8 Aug 10
Way back in my last photo post, ‘The joys of summer‘, canal-lover The Stymaster commented on the surprising greenery of the waterways through West Bromwich.
As a belated response, I’ve collated some gorgeous summer greenery from recent rides, often from unexpected places…
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The Plastic Hippo 21 Jun 10
For some people, midsummer’s day is a cause for celebration and claim that the solstice is part of the collective unconscious that links us to a far older time. Others, aware of the significance of a mid-point, see the longest day as the onset of approaching dark, cold winter and grumble that it will not be long until Christmas. Perhaps the human condition is such that pessimism is always present in joy.
Shakespeare knew a thing or two about the myths, fantasy and mysticism surrounding the solstice and in A Midsummer Night’s Dream lots of magical and downright strange things take place. The bard must have consumed a lot of cheese the night before he came up with the plot involving a fairy queen falling in love with a ham actor called Bottom who has the head of an ass and the use of love potions to persuade characters to marry against their will or judgement is a little far-fetched. Thankfully, the 2010 summer solstice is not accompanied by such frivolous invention; our worries are more serious…