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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-26

Andy Wright — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:30:00 +0000

@Nomme1 http://twitpic.com/8aas6 – Very nice! Will be over next week, how's the allotment going? # @JoelBowman hi Joel. Back in the UK now enjoying the sun (and hayfever boo). Trip was amazing. Looking forward to next one in a few years! in reply to JoelBowman #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-19

Andy Wright — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:30:00 +0000

Why do journalists write so much rubbish about twitter? http://ow.ly/ev23 # Medialens weigh into Monbiot vs Guardian "debate" on advertising and climate. Really powerful stuff once again http://ow.ly/ev2o # and Leanne have reached Kuala Lumpur. 11 countries, 173 days, 17 days of travelling, 15300 miles covered by train (and a few buses). Phew… # Cheers @EdPisco Last journey [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-12

Andy Wright — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:30:00 +0000

Saw on BBC News other day. Embarrassing. BBC News like Newsround was 20 years ago + robot is a useless expensive joke! http://ow.ly/ajZS # Cambodia Rocks! Amazing set of mp3 music from Cambodia in the 1970’s. Listen here: http://ow.ly/b0CJ # RT @eggbutnobacon: Enjoyed 1st Kombucha http://ow.ly/b22e Me too – it was like cider but non-alcoholic. [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 31-05-2009

Andy Wright — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:19:00 +0000

Great review of “A Farm for the future” Doc on peak oil,climate change and farming in the UK. An essential view http://ow.ly/93qz # Great stuff from Craig Murray. Why Guardian fails to mention his recent testimony + more failings of the “liberal” media http://ow.ly/9nTf # You people like tests. Try this political compass (Left/Right/Authoritarian/Anarchist) I came [...]

Real England, Work, Recession and Allotments

Andy Wright — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:52:10 +0000

Phew. It’s all go at the moment. I feel like my todo list fills up every morning and my head is buzzing til I lay it on my pillow at night. Still despite the stresses, I’m having a great time with everything and I’m never going to complain about being out of the misery of [...]

Questionnaire Thanks

Andy Wright — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:13:37 +0000

Just a quick thanks to everyone who filled in a questionnaire for me over the weekend. I really appreciate you spending a few minutes contributing to my thesis research. Hopefully (fingers crossed) the analysis and write-up will happy in the next couple of weeks and I’ll be publishing the final document and a summary just [...]

Chagos Islanders lose appeal to return

Andy Wright — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:48:52 +0000

I’ve written about this issue before. However today the Law Lords voted 3-2 that the Chagos Islanders lost the right to return to the archipelago. This was the final stage of a process which has taken over 10 years and in which they had actually won the right to return in 2000. The fury of [...]

Michael Pollen wants to save the world

Andy Wright — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:31:37 +0000

If you haven’t heard of Michael Pollen, then get to know him. He’s a really influential voice in the US currently and argues vehemently against the way the food system works over the pond and increasingly around the globe. He manages to join the dots between government policy going back decades, the era of cheap [...]

Who is my MP?

Andy Wright — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:12:09 +0000

As part of my thesis research, I emailed the 3 MP’s on the Wirral to gather some opinions on the work I am doing concerning local food production. My (questionnably) MP is Stephen Hesford, Wirral West and this is who I probably voted for in the last general election. Frank Field is the MP for Birkenhead [...]

Feeding the Cities

Andy Wright — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:43:40 +0000

I’ve had quite a productive week of research including reading a great new book by Carolyn Steel called Hungry City. It charts the way cities have fed their populations and have grown to require more than the immediate hinterland to do this. It goes hand it hand with the Industrial Revolution, the invention of the [...]