Birds of Paradise has two books wrestling within it. One is completely successful, while the other has moments of brilliance, but also a few more problems. Oliver K. Langmead has written a swooping, poetic novel that meditates on ecology and human’s responsibility to our home, that is also, at times, a bumpy road novel.
Birds of Paradise gives us breathtaking passages about love, and heartfelt descriptions of natural beauty, and wraps them up in a battle between nigh-immortal beings, and grasping, grubby humans.
But before we get into the book’s larger philosophical concerns, have some plot: Adam, the First Man, has been living a series of lives as immortals must: he lives as an adult, working a job, until it become weird that he doesn’t age. Then he moves on to the next town, or continent. He has walked most of the Earth by the time we meet him. In this latest life he uses his unusual bulk and strength to work as. celebrity bodyguard until he runs into some legal trouble, a
Britain Will Make Citizens Quarantine at Hotels at Their Own Expense
The move, which comes as Britain is swamped by a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus, will require British citizens arriving from 22 high-risk countries to quarantine for 10 days.
A hotel at Heathrow Airport in London on Tuesday.Credit.Andrew Couldridge/Reuters
Jan. 27, 2021
LONDON Britain, swamped by a fast-spreading coronavirus variant and desperate to keep other mutations out of the country, tightened its travel restrictions on Wednesday, requiring British citizens arriving from 22 high-risk countries to quarantine in hotels for 10 days at their own expense.
The policy edges Britain closer to the strict hotel quarantines imposed by Australia and several Asian countries. But it falls short of a blanket requirement, drawing criticism that it will not seal off the country from dangerous new variants, even as it cripples the already wounded travel and aviation industries.
I traveled from London to Paris on an underwater train, and I d choose it over a flight in a heartbeat
INSIDER 2/18/2021
I traveled from London to Paris by underwater train through the Chunnel (Channel Tunnel).
Both stations were easy to navigate, and the check-in and boarding processes were quick and easy.
My whole trip went smoothly, and I found the train much more enjoyable than flying.
I think the ease of traveling by train is often overlooked, especially where I m from in the US. But whenever I travel from the UK to continental Europe, it s my preferred mode of transportation.
London streets deserted as Tier 4 sees shops shut & thousands fleeing capital
Updated: 21 Dec 2020, 15:43
LONDON’S streets are deserted after stifling Tier 4 restrictions saw shops bolt their doors and thousands flee the capital.
London s streets are normally packed the week before Christmas, but the harsh Tier 4 lockdown imposed at the weekend left the capital eerily empty today.
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London s Millennium Bridge is empty after tough Tier 4 restrictions were imposed across the capitalCredit: PA:Press Association
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A lone shopper looks up at a picture of the Queen in Piccadilly Circus this morningCredit: PA:Press Association
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