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Took this photo today of spiderlings (at least that's what I think they are!). Anyone who knows different, please say ...

if it's anything like Google translate, you'll be in a job for a long time, glittery! Nuance, inflection, innuendo - all things a program would have a hardtime detecting never mind translating.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

St. Andrews. Scotland

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Another scribe was bored and wondered what he could get past his supervisor ...

Last autumn I went to see a performance of Euripedes' Hecuba at the RSC. This play about the end of the Trojan wars by a playwright from two and half millennia ago was enthralling, emotionally draining and so relevant. Universal themes which travelled across time: war, genocide, power, revenge, family; and which it was equally wonderful and depressing to realise could be applied to so much that had been going on in the world over the past few years. I think part of the problem is the sheer size of the subject - I've never read any Hugo (my C19 French novelist of choice is Zola) and maybe you've had no experience of Greek tragedies so a converation would be difficult. Perhaps one of those times where individual conversations between members would be more productive?

Stoke, UK

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Llandaff, Wales

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Naples, Italy

I've never reviewed poetry before ... I enjoyed both of them - slight preference for Catbird for being more direct. I love the use of language in both: 'gracks'(?) and 'strand' are just two instances. The more romantic ('hightened') language of Discovery suits its subject matter perfectly. The inventive rhymes in Dicovery deserve a speical mention, I think. I am full of admiration at how you manage to produce such poetry within the limits of the form (those which I can recognise, anyway). Does the structure help or hinder, I wonder? I may be off to explore more poetry.

Norwich, UK

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alfalfa

It's not only his energy (he puts me to shame) but his boundless thirst for knowledge, scientific research and exploration. He puts this across in commentaries which explain, inform, never take the viewer for granted, and are a joy to listen to. I hope he has many more years.

Truro Cornwall, UK