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Ruth Padel

Part-Arc of a Rainbow

A new poem by Ruth Padel.

By Ruth Padel

Nature

An unexpectedly vital part of the ecology

By Ruth Padel

Culture

The tortoise knows it’s what’s inside that counts

By Ruth Padel

Books

Under Another Sky by Charlotte Higgins: They came, they saw, they conquered us

By Ruth Padel

Nature

Follow the flight of the blackpoll warbler

By Ruth Padel

All Articles

Hope is a thing with feathers

Birds are all around us. They appear and disappear; they go between worlds as we never can.

By Ruth Padel

To go or not to go?

Should you visit Burma? Not if you want to discover the harsh realities of life under the generals

By Ruth Padel

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