HeyJaredUnder the Hawthorn Tree with Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
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Nepal - in the Shadow of a Glacier (opens the original)
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It was the second day of the UN glacier conference in Tajikistan when Tashi Lhazom walked on to the stage. The same week, on 28th May, 2025, a glacier had collapsed in the Swiss Alps, burying a village. Two weeks previously, in an isolated corner of Nepal’s Himalayas, a flash flood had partially destroyed the village of Til. While the Swiss catastrophe was reported worldwide, few were aware of the flood in Nepal. But Tashi, a 25-year-old climate activist, is from Til’s neighbouring village, Halj
News from Kathmandu (opens the original)
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I wasn’t going to write a post this month as I knew I’d be here in Nepal, on assignment for the BBC. But given the shocking events of the last few days, I wanted to write a brief hello.I landed in Kathmandu on Wednesday afternoon, to news of the floods. As I write this on Friday, thousands are still missing, whole communities obliterated. I met a man yesterday morning from one of the affected villages who said that while his family are - miraculously - OK, most of the other people in his village
The Magpie #17 (opens the original)
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Hello and welcome to the August edition of The Magpie, a monthly round-up of events, books and films, (plus anything else that’s caught my eye) linked to the stories and subjects covered in Under the Hawthorn Tree.This month’s Magpie features a new book about snow leopards, news from Tajikistan, a plea to help our wild friends, and more. I do hope you enjoy it, and would love, as ever, to hear your thoughts and comments.Between November 6th and 8th this year the Royal Geographical Society will b
In the Footsteps of the Naga Queen (opens the original)
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There can be few English women who’ve lived such improbable lives as Ursula Graham-Bower. In 1939, aged just 24, the Roedean-educated debutante set sail for India’s Naga Hills hoping ‘to potter about with a few cameras and . . . maybe write a book.’ Interested in anthropology, Ursula spent the next few years living with the Zemi Naga people, documenting their language, beliefs and customs. At a time when many colonial observers viewed tribal peoples through a racist, patronizing lens, she respec
The Magpie #16 (opens the original)
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Hello and welcome to the July edition of The Magpie, a monthly round-up of events, books and films, (plus anything else that’s caught my eye) linked to the stories and subjects covered in Under the Hawthorn Tree.This month’s Magpie features summer reading recommendations, news from my recent Write with Orwell course, radio links, George Monbiot, David Hockey and more. I do hope you enjoy it, and would love, as ever, to hear your thoughts and comments. This post is free, and comments are open to
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