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29 July 2024

  • Edna O'Brien.

    Edna O’Brien obituary

  • Elle Hunt

    I loved being home schooled (apart from my mum’s sex ed lessons). But are new methods too radical?

    Elle Hunt
  • Nesrine Malik

    A new terror has entered the Gaza war: that it is ushering in an age of total immorality

    Nesrine Malik
  • A white-clawed crayfish from the River Culm

    Country diary
    Country diary: Nature red in tooth and – quite literally – claw

28 July 2024

  • Corrections and clarifications
    Corrections and clarifications

  • Ella Baron on Israel and the arms industry

    Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Ella Baron on Israel and the arms industry – cartoon

  • Piggybank on plastic island, symbolic picture for tax haven

    The Guardian view on UN tax talks: Labour must repudiate the stance of the last government

  • Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks to the media.

    The Guardian view on female political leaders: new strains of misogyny fuel old battles

  • To defeat populism, Keir Starmer needs a better story to tell

  • We must end the racial disparities in maternity outcomes

  • Violence against women is a national emergency, but will police do anything?

  • Brief letters
    Even in the rain, Paris je t’aime

  • James B Sikking obituary

  • Ewy Rosqvist obituary

  • Open door
    A spoof after the Trump assassination attempt shows the eye to hazard needed on heavy news days

    Elisabeth Ribbans

  • Men are spending more time looking after their children – and it’s not just cultural, it’s in their genes

    Jonathan Kennedy

27 July 2024

  • The Farne Islands are home to thousands of grey seals (also known as Atlantic seals), and each autumn hundreds of pups are born here. The Farnes has the longest history of counting the seals of any colony. The work was started by the Natural History Society of Northumbria in 1952 (counts had been undertaken long before this but were only on certain islands). The Trust took over counting in 1970 and continues to this day. Counting the pups Given the right weather conditions, the seals are visited every four days and new pups marked on the rump with a harmless vegetable dye. Using a rotation of three or four colours we can work out how many pups are born, how many die, and how many ‘disappear’ before they would be able to survive. This gives us the number born annually and allows us to calculate the mortality rate. It's tough being a seal pup. 30% of pups die within a month and 50% within their first year. Pups are weaned in 18 days, in which time they will have quadrupled in weight. Abandoned by their mother, they spend another 20 days or so on the colony before heading out to sea for an independent life. Male seals have a lifespan of 20-25 years and female seals have a lifespan of 30-35 years. Grey seals feed on wide variety of fish, squid, and octopus. They spend 80% of time below water, 20% on the surface breathing. Seal usually stay underwater for between 4 and 8 minutes at a time, although the maximum time recorded was 30 minutes. Seals can reach depths of 30 metres. Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, UK 30/11/2021 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY See details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution. sgealbadh, A22NQS

    Young country diary
    Young country diary: Sneaky seals and surprisingly small puffins

  • Edison with the skin of a grass snake.

    Young country diary
    Young country diary: My best garden discovery so far – a perfect snake skin

  • Hannah Ewens

    ‘Do you mind listening to that with headphones?’ How one little phrase revolutionised my commute

    Hannah Ewens
  • Ed Newton-Rex

    Robots sacked, screenings shut down: a new movement of luddites is rising up against AI

    Ed Newton-Rex
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