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From little acorns … to his 1,000th article for the Guardian country diary
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As Mark Cocker approaches a landmark for the world’s oldest column in an English-language newspaper, he is still inspired by powerful encounters with nature In the autumn of 1987, Mark Cocker sat in a field near Norwich and watched a jay burying acorns for the long winter ahead. He described…
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From little acorns … to his 1,000th article for the Guardian country diary
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