This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Saturday 23 December 2023
The Last Post
Things have come a long way in the UK since the days of the 'Penny black' stamp. Following Post Office privatisation, it now costs £1.20 to send a First Class letter to another UK location. That could now take days to arrive. The newly bar-coded stamps themselves, have a very limited life-span. Another fun postal fact is that it's become much more difficult to send a Christmas card to anywhere else in the world. Stamps to 'foreign' locations can only be purchased from Main Post offices. Sub-Post Offices appear limited to stamps for the UK. I suppose this might be an ingeneous way of stopping folk complaining about 'Brexit'?
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