The Patch
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| Originally published | November 13, 2018 |
| Authors | John McPhee |
| Genres | Quotation |
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| ID | 2984451 |
About The Patch
John McPhee's The Patch is just that: patches of work across a writer's lifetime that come together to form a quilt of essays, reflections and reminiscences. Ranging across a variety of genres and styles, subjects and moods, his patches are collected from writings that have not previously appeared in any book. . . .
UK inflation falls sharply to 4. 6% as energy prices ease
... " Dave Golding, manager of The Patch food bank charity in Milford Haven in Wales, said people were still under pressure from higher food and energy costs, with the charity set to have provided 150,000 meals this year...
Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth by-elections: What to expect from Thursday's polls
... The Patch has been Conservative for so long, none of the parties began with very much precise data about previous voting patterns, beyond the obvious - which is most voters voted Conservative last time out...
The Patch: BBC radio show's postcode lottery unearths stories in random places
... Each episode of Polly Weston s BBC Radio 4 series The Patch starts with a random postcode generator...
Losing Dominic Raab is a bad day for Rishi Sunak
... Party leader Sir Ed Davey was there in The Patch in the blink of an eye to make that case...
Taiwan bear badge punches back after China drills
... Taiwan s air force told the Reuters news agency that it did not " particularly encourage" its members to wear The Patch, which is not a part of their uniform...
Ocean plastic: How tech is being used to clean up waste problem
... 2% of the 100 million kilograms of plastic contained in the world s largest patch of plastic rubbish, he said it was still worth it: " Everything big starts small, right? " The team believes it will have collected 1% of The Patch by the end of this year using its current system - but they are scaling up their operations to try to clean up patches faster...
Scotland 'snow-free' for fourth time in six years
... Just six days ago he had made the climb to check on The Patch and described it as " hanging on for dear life...
By-election: Tory wobbles in true blue Bexley?
... One minister who has visited The Patch points out that governing parties historically used to get a hammering at mid-term by-elections - so the fact they ve even won some, like Hartlepool, is reason to be optimistic...