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Author: Jo Kirk

OPINION 

Book Review: The Long Petal Of The Sea

11th February 202011th February 2020 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Book Reviews, Isabel Allende, The Long Petal of the Sea

“The Long Petal Of The Sea” (published by Bloomsbury, 2020) by Isabel Allende is a work of historical fiction which

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OPINION 

Opinion: Rage Against The Machine

17th January 2020 Jo Kirk 1 Comment East Midlands Railway, Reading, type size

As with so many things these days which are downloaded from computers, East Midlands Railways’ (EMR) timetables give information that

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OPINION POLITICS 

Opinion: Where Are We Now?

18th December 2019 Jo Kirk 0 Comments 2019 General Election, Brexit, FPTP, nationalism

People need agency. It is a human right. Many people lack agency – the more disenfranchised and disadvantaged they are,

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OPINION POLITICS 

When The Loonies Came To Town Pt. 1

17th October 201917th October 2019 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Monster Raving Loony Party Conference 2019

Some Nailed coverage has been delayed due to short staffing and illness. Top hats and peacock feathers abounded. The assembled

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OPINION 

Opinion Column: On Populism

28th August 201930th August 2019 Jo Kirk 1 Comment Brexit, Ece Temelkuran, EU, populism

In Ece Temelkuran’s “How To Lose A Country: The Seven Steps From Democracy To Dictatorship” (4th Estate, 2019) Temelkuran problematizes

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CULTURE OPINION 

Review: Short Play Festival

29th May 2019 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Belper Arts Festival 2019, Short Play Festival

In a packed “Little Theatre” in the Old King’s Head there was an attentive audience for the Short Play Festival

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NEWS OPINION 

Book Review: The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley

24th April 2019 Jo Kirk 1 Comment Book Review, Jim Crumley, The Nature of Spring

For a view from Northern Scotland and the Islands and a weather eye on the climate with a sensitivity to

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CULTURE 

Poetry: Kingfisher

26th February 201928th February 2019 Jo Kirk 1 Comment kingfisher, Nature, poetry

“My observations from a bridge overlooking the river Derwent on 18th February 2019.” Kingfisher by Jo Kirk   I am

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CREATIVE BELPER ENVIRONMENT 

Poem: Birdwatch Hour

29th January 2019 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Jo Kirk, poetry, RSPB

Marking the end of the Big Garden Birdwatch run by the RSPB from 26th-28th January 2019, which asked members of

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OPINION 

Opinion: Protest To Save Babington Echoes Start Of Fightback

5th January 2019 Jo Kirk 2 Comments Babington, closure, Derwent Street, Hospital, NHS, Protest

‘SAVE BABINGTON HOSPITAL’ read the placards. Protests stopped the traffic and cars tooted their horns in support. Many people believe

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OPINION 

Was The Brexit Referendum Democratic?

19th November 2018 Jo Kirk 3 Comments Brexit, democracy

In “Democracy And Its Crisis” A C Grayling states that the proportion of the electorate that voted to leave the

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ENVIRONMENT REVIEWS 

Book Review: Rainforest, Dispatches from Earth’s Most Vital Frontlines

7th September 201810th September 2018 Jo Kirk 1 Comment Book, Dispatches from Earth’s Most Vital Frontlines, Literature, nature writing, Rainforest, Review

Rainforest is a personal story, drawing on Tony’s many years’ experience at the frontline of the fight to save the

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CULTURE ENVIRONMENT 

Book Review: Ground Work – Writings On People And Places

23rd August 20183rd September 2018 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Book, Common Ground, Ground Work, Jonathan Cape, Literature, nature writing, Review, Tim Dee, Writing on People and Places

We are living in the anthropocene – an epoch where everything is being determined by the activities of just one

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CREATIVE BELPER CULTURE 

Jo Kirk: Short Story ‘Keeping Cool’

29th July 201829th July 2018 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Creative, culture, Environment, fiction, Keeping Cool, Short Story, Summer, Writing

A green corner in the shade. She felt the cold stone bring relief to her feet. What a summer! The

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ENVIRONMENT 

Spring Observations: Jo Kirk

20th May 201820th May 2018 Jo Kirk 1 Comment Birds, May, Nature, Observations, Spring, starlings, Wildlife

I didn’t see any nuthatches last year so was delighted to see one early in March looking for insects on

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CREATIVE BELPER 

Celebrate Dylan Thomas Day With Nailed

11th May 201812th May 2018 Jo Kirk 3 Comments Dylan Thomas, Dylan Thomas Day, National Poetry Day, poetry, Submissions, Writing

May 14th is officially Dylan Thomas Day. It commemorates his life and work and is the 65th anniversary of Dylan

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CREATIVE BELPER 

Jo Kirk: Narcissi

1st April 2018 Jo Kirk 0 Comments 2018, Easter, Jo Kirk, Narcissi, poetry, Spring

Narcissi   Trumpets unpleated from a bud, held tight their heads an elegant stretch their stems slender necks, drifting birds

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OPINION 

Opinion: The Hermeneutics Of A Hermit Of The Real

27th March 2018 Jo Kirk 0 Comments algorithms, Computers, data, Facebook, Social Media

Social media and Facebook have been in the news lately. As someone who may seem a bit of an anachronism

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ENVIRONMENT 

Winter Observations: Jo Kirk

28th February 201828th February 2018 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Birds, buzzard, January, Nature, Observations, starlings, Wildlife, Winter

January and February are often the coldest months of the year and although snowdrops are flowering another cold spell is

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ENVIRONMENT NEWS 

Plastic Free February: Schools Library Service Presents New Exhibition

30th January 2018 Jo Kirk 0 Comments belper library, Books, DErby County Council, Exhibition, Library, plastic free, Reading, Recycling

The Schools Library Service has an exhibition of beautiful objects made from recycled materials which are currently on display in

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ENVIRONMENT 

Autumn Observations: Jo Kirk

26th November 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Autumn, Birds, Nature, Observations, Wildlife

This autumn (late August – mid November) I have seen young collared doves, terns riding the thermals, a large black/brown

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ENVIRONMENT REVIEWS 

Book Review: The Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena

18th November 201721st November 2017 Jo Kirk 2 Comments Book, extinction, Jo Kirk, Kew Gardens, Review, The Plant Messiah

Having spent much of his childhood in the mountains of the Basque country, his mother a florist and a great

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REVIEWS 

Review: 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack

11th November 201711th November 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments 60 Degrees North, Book, Literature, Malachy Tallack, Review

At this time of year, as our thoughts turn to the North and the weatherman forecasts a weather front from

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REVIEWS 

Review: One in a MILLion Exhibition – Belper North Mill

14th October 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Art, Belper North Mill, Exhibition, One In A MILLion

Twinkly guitar music plays in the basement of Belper’s North Mill as I look at the shimmering threads in a

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CREATIVE BELPER 

Jo Kirk: On Freedom

27th September 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments #nationalpoetryday, 2017, Jo Kirk, National Poetry Day, poetry

On Freedom   When I think of freedom I think of birds and words for we live in language and

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ENVIRONMENT 

Birds, Moths and Amphibians

22nd August 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Amphibians, Birds, Birdwatching, Moths, RSPB, Spotting, Wildlife

Birds are perhaps our closest meeting with the wild and may be the reason why the RSPB (Royal Society for

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ENVIRONMENT FEATURED OPINION 

Well Worth Celebrating

18th July 201718th July 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Belper, Community, Display, River Gardens, Traditional, Well Dressings

This weekend’s Well Dressings at the River Gardens provided a wonderful outdoor gallery of creative endeavour as people ambled down

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BELPER GOES GREEN CREATIVE BELPER 

Belper Goes Green Poem: Festival

15th June 2017 Jo Kirk 1 Comment Belper Goes Green Poem. Festival, Creative, Creative Writing, Poem, poetry

  Butterfly mandalas and colours and lights and pancakes and oatcakes and tee-shirts and bikes and badges and raffles and

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CREATIVE BELPER ENVIRONMENT 

International Dawn Chorus Day: Birds At Dawn

9th May 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Birds, Birdwatching, Poem

The short poem was written while I was listening to Radio 4’s six and a half hour broadcast of birdsong

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CREATIVE BELPER POLITICS 

Election Special: Zeitgeist

26th April 201722nd April 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments 2016 General Election, Election, Vote, Voting

    General election electorate inspection Brexit for the nation remainers’ consternation Scotland losing patience Europe fearing racists May wants

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CREATIVE BELPER ENVIRONMENT 

Fracking Month: Spell

7th April 2017 Jo Kirk 0 Comments Envrionment, fracking, poetry

N is for nature, wondrous and wild, O for the ozone that nearly retired, F for forget-me-not, fennel and furze,

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