Friday, February 7, 2025

This evisceration of worldly experience is evident in news stories of people dismayed to find themselves suddenly sharing their spaces with other animals. My anti-favourites include ‘Vicious badger roams Scots school grounds as farmer warns parents’ (Daily Record), ‘Man calls 999 because he’s scared of a hedgehog’ (ITV News), and ‘Rewilding of Horsham Park a “mad idea” amid fears long grass could house “lots of insects’ (Sussex Express).

— From Groundbreakers by Chantal Lyons 📚