03/02/2025 / 04/02/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth
Spring – Snowdrops in St James’s Churchyard, Swimbridge Last Monday was Holocaust Memorial Day and, like many others, I listened on the radio to heart-rending testimonies broadcast from the Auschwitz death camp. They were followed by short updates from Gaza. I was not alone in feeling that the Holocaust visited upon millions of innocent Jews […]
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28/01/2025 / 28/01/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth
Welcome to my latest blog post… I am a member of the Taw Torridge Estuary Forum, which met last Monday evening. Louise Wainwright, chair of Avon River Champions in South Devon, was our special guest. She gave a rousing speech about the abject state of our waterways and our dysfunctional regulations but proposed a solution […]
20/01/2025 / 20/01/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth
This week I’m writing about two of my meetings as a local councillor and also reflecting on the sentencing of the Just Stop Oil activist, Dr Patrick Hart, the memorial service of Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll and the 24th demonstration for Gaza in London. At Full Council on Wednesday there was a warm welcome to the […]