Birds of the National Archives

I spent three days in early November pouring over the archives of the Ministry of Health for my first essay, which was about the failed attempt by the NHS to standardize medical records in 1965. The National Archives has a pond out front and every morning I enjoyed being greeted by the diverse fowl outside. Hope you do too!

Heron (?) Mid-downpour

Swans on the move. A million times less graceful out of the water than in it.

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The Concept of Time, the Festival of Ideas, "When Was Reproduction Invented," and Wandering around St. Johns

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