On the 16th & 17th June 2016 I joined a group organised by the charity ‘People Need Nature‘ to visit Lodge Hill, Kent. Our group was made up of Naturalists, Scientists, ecologists, writers, poets, visual artists, musicians, and often a mixture of the above. These are all fairly meaningless titles through as what we really […]
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Reimagining Lost Landscapes. Pale Blue Dot’s Jane King on the Nature of Art-Science Collaboration
This piece first appeared on Pale Blue Dot’s website. The Nature of Art-Science Collaboration Artists and scientists may be predisposed to different ways of thinking but they often operate in similar ways: they research their subjects, experiment, problem solve and practice their chosen disciplines exhaustively in the pursuit of some kind of perfection. Any […]
Reflections on Lodge Hill: Watch, by Paul Evans
Today’s blog continues the series of reflections following our expedition to Lodge Hill, part of the “remimagining lost and forgotten landscapes” project. This is the second from broadcaster and writer Paul Evans. Watch The lane down from the Lodge has a roadblock and is bordered by chain-link fencing and barbed wire. The derelict buildings […]
A World Away, So Near. Julian Hoffman reflects on Lodge Hill, Kent
By milesking on August 22, 2016 in inspired by nature, Lodge Hill, Public Land, re-imagining lost landscapes, Uncategorized
A World Away, So Near On May 19th 1924, the BBC made history with its first live broadcast of a wild animal, setting its microphones and sound equipment in the leafy Surrey garden of cellist Beatrice Harrison as she performed a duet with a nightingale. Against all of the expectations of BBC founder Lord Reith […]
People Need Nature expedition to Lodge Hill, Kent: photographic reflection by Marian Nunzia
By milesking on August 19, 2016 in inspired by nature, Lodge Hill, Public Land, re-imagining lost landscapes
Continuing our series of reflections on the People Need Nature “reimagining lost landscapes” expedition to Lodge Hill in Kent, here is a photographic essay from Maria Nunzia @Varvera. https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=WmWDbBSXAr8&u=/watch%3Fv%3DiFCNoxHXWOE%26feature%3Dem-share_video_user
Re-imagining Lost Landscapes: People Need Nature Expedition to Lodge Hill, by Catherine Shoard
By milesking on July 11, 2016 in Guest blog, inspired by nature, Lodge Hill, Public Land, re-imagining lost landscapes
Today we continue our series of posts inspired by the People Need Nature expedition to Lodge Hill, Kent. This one is from the Guardian’s film critic Catherine Shoard, is cleverly disguised as a review of Independence Day: Resurgence. The CGI monsters of Independence Day will never haunt the imagination An alien from Independence […]
Testament of Hoo – Richard Baxell
We continue our series of posts about the expedition to Lodge Hill, Kent, with this from Historian Dr. Richard Baxell. Testament of Hoo You may never have heard of the Hoo Peninsula. I imagine many people living outside the south-east of England haven’t. You might, however, have come across it under the name ‘Boris Island’, […]
Re-imagining Lost Landscapes: PNN Trustee Keith Datchler reflects on Lodge Hill
By milesking on June 30, 2016 in inspired by nature, Lodge Hill, Public Land, re-imagining lost landscapes, Uncategorized
Continuing our series of posts after our expedition to Lodge Hill in Kent, This piece comes from People Need Nature trustee Keith Datchler. Photo: Matt Shaw After our day at Lodge Hill, I surprised myself at how much I brooded over the day when I got home, to the extent of waking in the night […]
Re-imagining Lost Landscapes: Lodge Hill visit 16/17 June
People Need Nature promotes the value of nature as a source of inspiration for creativity. We are also concerned about the value of nature on public land. When land moves out of public ownership nature can be threatened. This is the case with the plans to develop housing on a large number of former military […]