WATER: PIPED OR BOTTLED?
Bottled Water or Tap Water? An analysis.
Why do people buy bottled water? What exactly are the health benefits of various types of water? What is wrong with tap water?
Poem For a Bright Sunny Day
Let’s save Princes Parade from all concretisation,
And preserve our Green Spaces for the future generation.
Hythe Protest: Don’t Build On Historic Land!
Hythe Protest: Denouncing the loosening of planning regulations which will make the development of a historic part of Hythe even easier.
It’s Not On the Map: Beaches for the Differently-Abled
It’s not on the map. Kent does not seem to feature in tourism sites aiming to appeal to the differently-abled
Covid survivor owes his life to wife’s stubbornness
The first Covid survivor I met left me in a shock. The horrible illness left lots of marks Peter will carry for the rest of his life.
Reform of Planning System to Involve Community
Reform of the planning system to involve communities, e.g. the members of the Community Planning Alliance, asks Mark Brophy
Planning Bill: Damian Collins, MP’s Response
The Planning Bill seeks to decrease the time that it takes for developments to go through the planning system delivering the homes we need
Planning system: Mark’s reply to his MP
Planning system as it stands is not perfect. It is rightly slow because decisions about land use must involve communities.
THE GOOD LIFE
Rebel Farmer: World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
All over the plot, various plants are flourishing side by side, rather than in segregated beds. This is known as companion planting.
Some of this is unintended. Waving his arm over a patch of rudbeckia and marigolds, Ed explained that he had intended to rotate that patch from flowers to vegetables this year, but the flowers were determined to flourish again in the same place!
The Spanish Healthcare System – a personal view
We started to discover that, when the Spanish Health Service has recognised a problem, it follows it through to a final cure.