From little acorns … to his 1,000th article for the Guardian country diary
As Mark Cocker approaches a landmark for the world’s oldest column in an English-language newspaper, he is still inspired by powerful encounters with nature…
The Guardian reports: As Mark Cocker approaches a landmark for the world’s oldest column in an English-language newspaper, he is still inspired by powerful encounters with nature In the autumn of 1987, Mark Cocker sat in a field near Norwich and watched a jay burying acorns for the long winter ahead.
He described the scene in his first country diary for the Guardian. In his next diary, he will reflect on the changing…
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- United Kingdom · Europe
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- Guardian, Mark Cocker, English-language, Norwich
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- Environment
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- Thirty-nine years on, some of those jay-planted acorns will be mature oaks now, and Cocker is completing his 1,000th diary for the world’s oldest column in an English-language newspaper. (The Guardian)
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