Hints and tips:
...Jellicoe wanted each V to make a different note as the water flowed over it: the lower down the cascade, the lower the note....
...In early spring I am standing guard at the airport with V. We meet on a piercingly cold dawn. The first birdsong is sung....
...He hopes to show people what they’ve been missing: “100 years ago, there could have been 10 times more birdsong, but we don’t know....
...The Academy organised for Havini to spend several weeks sailing in the Pacific last year on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel R/V Falkor....
...There is birdsong and blossom in London every spring but these now seem significant and sustaining.”...
...In the centre of London, the sound of birdsong is audible because traffic noise has all but stopped....
...Birdsong is a wonderful soundtrack and often a welcome distraction from the rigours of hiking or cycling up a steep, narrow country lane, a frequent weekend activity of mine in leafy Kent....
...Mature trees grow a few inches from the walls of his house; they even take a bite into the shape of it — one wall has a V-shaped indentation to make room for a red oak....
...The V&A has wisely backlit one or two for the full, spectacular effect....
...Apps can listen with us, identifying birdsong or golden oldies, interpreting sound waves into information....
...Howard Brenton’s new play Doctor Scroggy’s War opens at the Globe in the summer, and adaptations of bestselling novels Birdsong and Regeneration are due later in the year....
...Forget the great divides of liberals v conservatives, vegetarians v carnivores, Gucci people v Hermès people....
...Brass letters rose to a shine against black iron: Lieutenant Godrej Khodadad Mugaseth King George V’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners Below that an epitaph: He lived as he died, everybody’s friend....
...Whether it is choosing music for a television commercial or a sonic background for customers - British Airways plays birdsong in some terminals to relax travellers - marketers must pay attention to sounds...
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