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Author Archives: petecoles
The deadly naturalist
The Victorian nature writer, Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) is up there with Gilbert White (1720 – 1793) and the poet John Clare (1793 – 1864) as a leading influence on contemporary nature writers, such as Richard Mabey and Robert … Continue reading
And then there were none
Some 40 or more years ago, when I first read Venture to the Interior by Laurens van der Post, I was struck by his vivid description of a dense forest of unique cedar trees, high on the Mulanje Plateau in … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, environment, extinction, Nature, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, biodiversity, cedar, Conrad, environment, forest, logging, Malawi, Mlanje, Mulanje, nature, Nyasaland, tree, trees, van der Post
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Mulberry: a new book by Peter Coles
Few trees have had a greater global impact than the mulberry. As the sole food of the Bombyx silkworm, the leaves of the mulberry have brought prosperity to all those who learned the art of silk production over the past … Continue reading
Milton’s other mulberry trees
by Stephen J. Bowe and Peter Coles One of the best-known veteran mulberry trees in England is the so-called ‘Milton Mulberry’ in the Fellows’ Garden at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, which Peter Coles wrote about in December 2018 (read … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge, Chalfont St Giles, History, London, Milton, Mulberry, poet, Stowmarket
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Canonbury’s heritage mulberry
By Peter Coles Canonbury, that sedate corner of urban tranquillity just two miles due north of St Paul’s cathedral, is home to more curiosities than many parts of London. Some are well known, like the delightful, exposed stretch of the … Continue reading
Posted in Goldsmiths, heritage, History, London, Mulberry, Nature, photography, silk, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged Conservation Foundation, garden, heritage, History, London, London Mulberries, Mulberry, nature, photography, trees, Tudor, urban
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London College of Fashion mulberry
Morus nigra at London College of Fashion, now over 100 years old. Last week I finally got to see the black mulberry I’d heard about from several people, located behind the London College of Fashion in Lime Grove, Shepherd’s Bush. … Continue reading
Wet weekend in Deptford
It was a wet weekend in Deptford, but the dull weather brought its own rewards.
Posted in abandoned objects, Goldsmiths, London, photography, photography course, rain, trash, Uncategorized
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Urban Photo Fest underway
The 2016 Urban Photo Fest is kicking off this week. The Urban Memories exhibition will feature four of my photographs.
Posted in Nature, Parks, photography, trees, Uncategorized
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London is home to rare Black Poplars
There are only about 7000 native Black Poplars (Poplus nigra betulifolia) left in Britain, most of them south of The Wash (the bay where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire on the east coast of England). And only 600 of these are female. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Human Nature, London, Nature, Parks, photography, trees, Uncategorized
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Charterhouse mulberries
I recently posted a new blog piece for Morus Londinium on the mulberries at Charterhouse, a former Carthusian monastery founded in the 14th century, then boys’ school and alms-house: http://www.moruslondinium.org/research/charterhouse-mulberries
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