Author: Purple Sofa

An awakened creative who loves nature, human connection and the written and spoken word. An adult, human female who cherishes freedom - freedom of thought, speech, assembly and movement.

The English middle class pre-Covid19 – (none of this applies anymore)

June 20, 2020

Earl Grey, Coldplay, skiing in Verbier, latte, yay! British Airways, fair trade, Mark Warner holidays, BUPA, brunch, meet for lunch, Amazon, camping at Whitsun, Cath Kidston, Italian delicatessens, tennis lessons, Wimbledon, Classic FM, missed the Eurostar again, farmers’ market, comparethemarket(.com), cookery class, hoping for 11+ pass, organic, balsamic, colonic, brogues, Waterstones, massive bank loans, rock … More The English middle class pre-Covid19 – (none of this applies anymore)

Viewpoint: Ego travellers

June 4, 2018

“The urge to self-photograph and upload, to document and publish our every significant experience, was in the news again last month, when it was reported that several holiday companies are marketing ‘Instagram-friendly tours’ catering for ‘ego travellers’ among the millennial generation.  This came hard on the heels of Thomas Cook’s announcement that it might sell … More Viewpoint: Ego travellers

Humans represent just 0.01% of all life, but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals

June 4, 2018

A new assessment of all planetary life based on biomass – or weight – has revealed humanity to be ‘both insignificant and utterly dominant’.  The Israeli study estimates that the world’s 7.6 billion people make up just 0.01% of the mass of all living things.  (Worms have a combined mass three times greater than us.) … More Humans represent just 0.01% of all life, but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals