The case for pencils

The first article I have ever written – that I can think of, anyway, that wasn’t for school or a personal project – is this article, right here, and I find I have no idea how to begin. The prompt from

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“I’m one of those wacky wild swimmers,” he says. “Rain or shine, summer or winter, regardless of what country I’m in, I try and find someplace.” To justify the appeal, he draws on nature writer Roger

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 19 September cbso.co.uk From pop-ups in the Bullring and New Street Station to five premieres and a series aimed at rethinking the conc