Domesticated creatures feature heavily in contemporary contributions to Guardian column compared to diaries of 1920sIn the early 1920s, the British countryside was a place where blackbirds sang, rabbits scurried and the summer skies were animated by swallows and house martins. A century on, blackbirds still sing and ancient oaks stand proud but the landscape is dominated by sheep, cows and dogs – according to Guardian country diarists.A study of the most-featured species in the Country Diary column from 2021-24 and a century earlier reveals a surprising dominance of domesticated creatures in the mind’s eye of the contemporary contributors. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/27/country-diary-100-years-on-sheep-dogs-dominate-over-rabbits-and-house-martins
Author : Patrick Barkham
Publish date : 2024-09-27 12:37:55
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