Reflections of a Curlew: June 2011

Friday, 10 June 2011

Jerusalem Awards Shortlist

The Boxing Vicar has been shortlisted for the Jerusalem Awards, series category. Awards ceremony on October 20th so fingers crossed...
CTVC helped fund this project so thanks to them.

Support from Tony Juniper for GCSE

Tony Juniper has blogged my idea about a GCSE in natural history in The Guardian after we chatted about it recently, which is great. Not sure how to move it forwards so any ideas...

Why a Curlew?

I love curlew, they have the most beautiful, haunting call, inhabit that wild hinterland between land and sea and manage to look comical and lovely at the same time. They are also associated with an ancient celtic saint. Legend has it that St Beuno was sailing off the coast of Wales and dropped his book of sermons into the water. A curlew flew down, scooped up the book and took it to the shore to keep it safe. From then on St Beuno blessed all curlew and said they should be protected for ever, hence their nests are really difficult to find.

I wrote an article for The Tablet called Call of the Curlew, it was published in 2006.

Reflections of a Curlew

Friday, 10 June 2011

Jerusalem Awards Shortlist

Support from Tony Juniper for GCSE

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