Several lines from Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun, currently playing at the Young Vic with Jane Horrocks (left), have a timely resonance.
For all her sharp-shooting, Annie Oakley emerges as a low impact woman: no diamonds, no pearls, no mansion, no yacht, no silver and no gold. Even wiser:
Got no checkbooks, got no banks,
Still, I'd like to express my thanks.
I've got the sun in the morning
And the moon at night
Too many urban deer is ‘an impending disaster’ – still, we owe them an
apology
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Witnessing near-miss roadkill on a daily basis makes me wonder if we can be
better neighbors to wildlife
Heart racing, I hold my breath and brace to witn...
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