Thursday, 9 November 2023
about the guardian
Katharine Sophie Viner (born January 1971)[2][3] is a British journalist and playwright. She became the first female editor-in-chief at The Guardian on 1 June 2015, succeeding Alan Rusbridger.[4][5] Viner previously headed The Guardian's web operations in Australia and the United States, before being selected for the editor-in-chief's position.[6]
Early life and education
Raised in Yorkshire,[2] Viner is the daughter of teachers. Her grandfather, Vic Viner, was an able seaman involved in the Dunkirk evacuation.[7][8] Viner was educated at Ripon Grammar School,[9] where she was head girl.[10] As a teenager, she joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the Anti-Apartheid Movement, although the nearest groups were 25 miles away, and read Spare Rib.[2] Her first newspaper article, published in The Guardian in 1987 while she was still in school, was on the ending of the GCE O-level examinations, which were being replaced in the UK by the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE).[11] "Cramming five years of knowledge into two and a half hours does not seem to be a fair system," she wrote.[10] Around 1988, Viner had a period of work experience at the Ripon Gazette, her local newspaper.[12][13]
After A-levels Viner studied English at Pembroke College, Oxford.[10] Just before her finals, Viner won a competition organised by The Guardian's women's page and was advised by Louise Chunn, then Guardian women's editor, to pursue a career in journalism. "I honestly thought journalism wasn't for me, I thought it was for men in suits in London," she remembered in 2005.[14] During her 20s, Viner spent most of her holidays in the Middle East, a region in which she has a particular interest, spending time in Lebanon, Syria, Israel, West Bank and other locations.[14]
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
eggbuckland ,Bocheland is of Saxon origin and means "Royal land held by charter".
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Eggbuckland
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Looking southwards beyond the A38 road
Eggbuckland is located in DevonEggbucklandEggbuckland
Location within Devon
Population 13,351 (2011)[1]
District
Plymouth
Shire county
Devon
Region
South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PLYMOUTH
Postcode district PL6 5xx
Dialling code 01752
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
UK Parliament
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50.400556°N 4.113611°WCoordinates: 50.400556°N 4.113611°W
Eggbuckland is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England. Before the Second World War Eggbuckland was a small village a few miles north of Plymouth. During the reconstruction of Plymouth many new suburbs were built and soon a new estate was built within one mile to the south east of Eggbuckland. During the 1970s the areas in between and surrounding the old village were all developed and the whole area is now referred to by the name Eggbuckland. The development of the A38 just south of Eggbuckland in the 1980s led to the area becoming very popular with commuters.
Bocheland is of Saxon origin and means "Royal land held by charter". The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded that this manor was held by the King, William of Normandy, but was granted to the Saxon Heche or Ecca, thus the land was known as Heche or Ecca's Bocheland. This was the site of a Saxon church which was replaced by the present church of St Edward in 1470. The village was held by the Royalist Cavaliers during the Civil War against the Parliamentarian Roundheads and was badly damaged.
During the 19th century the area was host to new Palmerston Forts built as part of a northern defense line around Plymouth. Much of the structures remain but are privately owned and used for differing purposes.
Over time the name has been corrupted and by 1685 was Egg Buckland. By 1902, it was one word - Eggbuckland although the older usage is still seen around the city.
In the 1870s, the original village was described thus in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales:
EGG-BUCKLAND, or Buckland-Egg, a parish in Plympton-St. Mary district, Devon; on the Dartmoor railway, adjacent to the Tavistock railway, and near the river Plym, 3 miles NNE of Plymonth. It contains Crabtree hamlet, and part of Knackers-Knowle village; and its post town is Knackers-Knowle, Devon. Acres, with Laira-Green, 3, 304; of which 100 are water. Real property, £8, 933; of which £68 are in quarries, and £36 in railways. Pop., 1, 348. Houses, 272. The property is much subdivided. Widey Court here was the headquarters of Prince Maurice during his siege of Plymouth, and was visited by the king. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £474.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient: consists of nave, south aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and is in fair condition. Charities, £28.[2]
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
St Winnow cornwall
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St Winnow
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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St Winnow (Cornish: Sen Gwynnek[2]) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its name may be connected with either that of Saint Winnoc or Saint Winwaloe. It has a population of 304,[3] which had increased to 328 at the 2011 census.[4] The church town is on the east bank of the River Fowey south of Lostwithiel. Part of the village of Lerryn lies within the parish as does the Chapel of St Nectan. The Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor, a Site of Special Scientific Interest is also in the parish.
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History and antiquities[edit]
St Winnow was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as San Winnuc. In 1644-45, some ninety people from the parish died of the plague: only four were soldiers but a campaign of the Civil War was going on at the time.
Andrew Langdon (1996) records three stone crosses in the parish. A cross found at Higher Coombe in 1903 was afterwards erected at St Nectan's chapel. A cross from Lanlivery was made into the upper section of "The Monument" on Druids Hill. It was brought from Lanlivery in 1846; this monument commemorates the loss of life in the Battle of Braddock Down in 1643. A third cross called Waterlake Cross stands in a private garden near Respryn.[5] The third cross had already been recorded by Arthur G. Langdon in 1896; at Waterlake, a hamlet near Bodmin Road station, there is a Cornish cross.[6]
Churches and chapels[edit]
Parish church[edit]
This is of Norman foundation but the present building is almost entirely of the 15th century. The rood screen survives and there is some interesting stained glass.
The church is at the riverside, next to a quay at the limit of navigation of the River Fowey. It is probably on the site of the 7th century oratory of St Winnoc. A stone church was built in the 12th century, probably cruciform in plan, and there are traces of the Norman stonework on the north side. The transept arch was reconstructed in the 13th century. About 1465 the south wall was demolished and the south aisle, arcade and roofs built. The chancel was restored by J. H. Seddon in the 19th century, retaining the 16th century east window. The west tower is of standard Cornish Perpendicular style. There is stained glass of c. 1500 in the east windows of the chancel and S aisle. The 16th century rood screen, carved with leaves and flowers, was restored by Violet Pinwell in 1907 (by Edmund H. Sedding according to Pevsner). The loft, rood and some of the south aisle screen were newly made in the restoration. The granite font, carved with angels bearing shields, is 14th century. The pulpit is of c.1600 and richly carved. There are also carved bench ends of various dates from 1485 to 1630. The monuments include one in slate to William Sawle, d. 1651.
A burial plot with Celtic-style headstones for the Vivian family occupies the north-west corner of the churchyard.
Chapels[edit]
The chapel of St Nectan is of the 13th and 15th centuries but the north aisle was added in 1825. The tower has lost its upper stages due to the Civil War (1644).[7] The medieval parish was larger and included Boconnoc and St Bradoc: the chapels of St Nectan and St Martin's at Respryn were quasi-parochial.[8] The 14th century font from Respryn was reused at Herodsfoot.
Education[edit]
There is a primary school in St Winnow, St Winnow C E School. The majority of children aged between 11 and 16 attend Fowey River Academy.
Transport[edit]
Due to delays in securing the site for Bodmin Road, the Cornwall Railway provided a temporary station at Respryn for the opening of the line on 4 May 1859 until the permanent station was ready on 27 June 1859.
Respryn Bridge (illustrated above right) is a fine medieval stone bridge over the River Fowey. The present bridge was built in the 15th century to replace one which had already existed in 1300.[9]
Ethy[edit]
Further information: Lerryn § Ethy
References[edit]
- ^ This was the site of a major battle between Cavaliers and Roundheads during the Civil War
- ^ "Cornish Language Partnership : Place names in the SWF". Magakernow.org.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Check Browser Settings". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ Langdon, A. G. (2005) Stone Crosses in East Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 70-72
- ^ Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 68-69
- ^ Pevsner (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books, pp. 196, 204-05
- ^ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 220-221
- ^ Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). Cornwall. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12668-6; p. 274
Further reading[edit]
- Brown, H. Miles. (1994) The Book of St Winnow. Liskeard: Artworks.
External links[edit]
- Media related to St Winnow at Wikimedia Commons
- GENUKI website; St Winnow
- Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Winnow
Monday, 7 March 2022
Early theories why Wiltshire
Early theories why Wiltshire road buckled and cracked
24 FEB, 2022 BY CATHERINE KENNEDY
3/4 The council is awaiting a report from geotechnical specialists
4/4 Remedial works have been undertaken on the road in the past
1/4 Large cracks have appeared in the B4069 road near Lyneham in Wiltshire
2/4 The road has been closed since 17 February
3/4 The council is awaiting a report from geotechnical specialists
4/4 Remedial works have been undertaken on the road in the past
1/4 Large cracks have appeared in the B4069 road near Lyneham in Wiltshire
2/4 The road has been closed since 17 February
3/4 The council is awaiting a report from geotechnical specialists
4/4 Remedial works have been undertaken on the road in the past
Ground movement triggered by increased pore water pressure build-up is likely to have caused large cracks that have appeared in a Wiltshire road, according to a leading geotechnical specialist.
The B4069 road near Lyneham in Wiltshire has been closed since 17 February due to subsidence.
Geotechnical specialist Clive Edmonds told NCE that images of the damage - which show the road surface "heaved and then falling away in level" - suggest that "mass movement of the slope has been triggered probably by locally increased pore water pressure build-up in the slope profile leading to renewed landslide activity".
He added: "This sort of movement would account for the highly irregular switch-back look along the road alignment and cracking of the surface.”
Edmonds explained that the road “coincides geologically with an area where the Jurassic age Stanford Formation (limestone) appears to overlie/overstep the Hazelbury Bryan Formation (sandstone)”. Both of these are underlain by the Oxford Clay Formation.
"The road appears to run along and down the contact between the sandstone and limestone above the clay stratum going downhill away from Lyneham," he said.
“This kind of geological contact tends to be prone to past periglacial weathering effects like cambering and mass movement so is likely to have been affected in the geological past by downslope mass movement of the sandstone/limestone strata over the clay."
According to Edmonds, it will take "time and money" to safely re-instate the road.
"Remedial works will need to investigate and locate the slip surface at depth and design measures [will be necessary] to drain the slope to alleviate pore pressures in order to stabilise the movement noted before any re-build of the highway can be undertaken," he said.
The council has also said the issue could take up to a year to fix and cost millions of pounds, with cabinet member for transport Mark McClelland telling BBC Radio Wiltshire that the damage is “not something that can be resolved in a matter of days or weeks”.
"It could costs hundreds of thousands or up into the millions [to fix],” he said. "There is significant damage to the road. It could be up to 12 months in total.”
Wiltshire Council is currently awaiting a report from Atkins – and McClelland said it would wait until it receives this before deciding the next steps.
"The underlying ground has slipped and we need to understand why that has happened," he said. "This road has been subject to remedial works in the past and it has been a difficult road to deal with, but we've never seen anything like this before."
McClelland added that the road had "buckled" by around a metre in places.
"Remedial works will need to investigate and locate the slip surface at depth and design measures [will be necessary] to drain the slope to alleviate pore pressures in order to stabilise the movement noted before any re-build of the highway can be undertaken," he said.
The council has also said the issue could take up to a year to fix and cost millions of pounds, with cabinet member for transport Mark McClelland telling BBC Radio Wiltshire that the damage is “not something that can be resolved in a matter of days or weeks”.
"It could costs hundreds of thousands or up into the millions [to fix],” he said. "There is significant damage to the road. It could be up to 12 months in total.”
Wiltshire Council is currently awaiting a report from Atkins – and McClelland said it would wait until it receives this before deciding the next steps.
"The underlying ground has slipped and we need to understand why that has happened," he said. "This road has been subject to remedial works in the past and it has been a difficult road to deal with, but we've never seen anything like this before."
McClelland added that the road had "buckled" by around a metre in places.
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