Twitcher in the swamp

By - Peter Marren

"X is for XR. It’s jolly nice of Extinction Rebellion to choose ‘X’ for their acronym because that letter so rarely features in Twitcher’s famous alphabets (one waits in vain for a conservation project involving xylophones or X-rays)."

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465	Cambridgeshire's Mosses & Liverworts: a dynamic flora	Book reviews
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