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For anyone considering an iMac I would certainly suggest they look at an M1 Mac mini with SSD and a separate monitor. These days even average desktop monitors are excellent. And even Macbook fans might think about having an SSD Mini desktop plus a lower spec, smaller and lighter Macbook model for portability. You have 2 devices available if the unthinkable happens (and sadly it can). If you're managing a large image collection you may want to consider a NAS or similar network storage accessed by both devices. It will still require multiple backup strategies - at work we run a 2TB S

Greenpeace website campaign to support LTNs https://act.greenpeace.org/page/76992/action/1 Shakeyjon - a low-traffic neighbourhood area in Tooting, London, August, 2020 The Guardian website 5 April Country diary, Cornwall https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/05/country-diary-1921-the-coral-like-stonecrop Ekaterina Hill - English stonecrop 7 April Country diary, County Durham https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/07/country-diary-the-buck-stops-with-me-momentarily Washington Imaging - The deer house on the Auckland Cast

The Guardian website 1 April https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/01/april-fools-day-2021-police-sausage-dogs-self-jiggling-tea-bags-and-gina-rineharts-new-book Igor Stevanovic - desktop calendar showing 01 April 2 April https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/02/countryside-code-has-worrying-holes David Robertson - worn sign 'Please keep dogs on lead' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/02/give-seals-space-during-easter-break-public-told Danielle Connor - grey seals on a beach 3 April https://www.t

The Guardian website, 30 March https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/mar/30/how-i-barged-into-my-very-own-canal-crisis Barrie Harwood - a barge on the Pontcysyllte aqueduct https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/mar/30/addressing-delays-in-crown-court-cases Peter D Noyce - Portsmouth crown court

The Conversation, 29 March https://theconversation.com/cycling-is-ten-times-more-important-than-electric-cars-for-reaching-net-zero-cities-157163 Michael Wheatley - P8XBGC cyclist in Vancouver (the credit also linked to the image page at alamy, I've not seen that before!) The Guardian website, 31 March https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/31/celebrate-transgender-day-visibility Juan Moyano https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/31/pandemic-will-weigh-heaviest-on-tourism-dependent-economies-warns-imf Image Professionals GmbH - Accra Beach, Barbad

The Guardian website, 23 March https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/mar/23/shrewsbury-24-industrial-action-47-year-fight-justice Mark Kerrison - MMRXY3 Supporters of the Shrewsbury 24 in London, 2018 The Guardian website, 28 March https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/28/liverpool-charity-for-vulnerable-women-left-with-catastrophic-mess-in-property-deal Ian Nellist - Blackburne House, Liverpool https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/mar/28/10-best-best-pubs-with-walks-england James Osmond - a walker on the Black Hill, Herefordshire

I can't guarantee the translations but my limited knowledge and google translate suggest these from the Imperial War Museum are pretty accurate. To the Army, men of Gwalia! Hateful the man who hates not the enemy of his country. Wales for ever! https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/27867 All able-bodied men required. Enlist until the war's end. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/28391

All from The Guardian website Country diary 5 March: Hampshire Earnest Tse - GH5WYK Eurasian curlew Country diary 8 March: Cumberland Simon Litten - BTH2TN barn owl in flight Country diary 11 March: Wenlock Edge cock pheasant (image not found) Country diary 13 March: Llandrindod Wells mauritius images GmbH - P7M3DR roe deer Country diary 15 March: Otley Jason Theaker - A2G0RP sunrise over the river Wharfe Country diary 15 March: Suffolk Ryan Kuhl - M0X5X6 Alde river estuary at sunrise Country diary 22 Mar

The image is R1E8N5 in case anyone is wondering. Also on the Guardian website today: the Bombay burger, India’s favourite fast food, 1 March https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/mar/01/bombay-burger-vada-pav-india-mumbai-street-food-recipe 2D1C8B8 - streetside vada pav vendors - Punit Paranjpe/Reuters P79NX5 - vada pav - Neha Sadaye Beautiful beans: how to use them in everything from burgers and dips to flatbread and chutney, 1 March https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/mar/01/beautiful-beans-how-to-use-them-in-everything-from-burgers-and-dips-to-flat

Guardian online: A tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland? Fantasy has replaced British modesty, 19 February https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/19/tunnel-scotland-northern-ireland-fantasy-modesty-train-journey TXF2M5 Big Water Of Fleet viaduct, Dumfries & Galloway - Larum Stock Top 10 books about castaways, 24 February https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/24/top-10-books-about-castaways BNE7MY - Bishop Rock Lighthouse, The Scilly Isles - Ian Cowe Country diary, 26 February https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb

Guardian online: Country diary, 1 February https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/01/country-diary-all-the-waters-a-stage-for-this-dramatic-display-of-nature PGF1DP - kingfisher on a branch - Vince Burton https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/01/country-diary-home-intelligence-of-very-early-spring-1921 2B4HDFK - jackdaw - blickwinkel Country diary, 4 February https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/04/country-diary-dazzled-by-the-dance-of-the-sanderlings 2AWDAAD - sanderling - Ian Talboys Country diary, 8 February https

Guardian online, 24 February https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/feb/24/feed-your-moths-and-hide-your-trousers-the-expert-guide-to-making-clothes-last-for-ever 2DBWKFF - Light blue ripped jeans with rhinestones and gold thread - Panther Media GmbH EPBHDN - Close up of thread, button and needle - deefish

The Guardian website, 15 February https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/15/the-guardian-view-on-british-history-we-need-to-know RD04WP - Chartwell House in Kent, the family home of Winston Churchill - @diana_jarvis https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/feb/15/how-can-we-get-our-deposit-back-after-our-holiday-cottage-fell-through D948NW - 'holiday let' hanging sign in the Cotswolds - Ian Shaw https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/feb/15/uk-travel-campaign-ramps-up-pressure-to-allow-holidays-abroad-from-1-may F1T54H - Cala Macarelleta, Men

Catching up with The Guardian's recent Country diary entries online... Country diary, 4 January https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/04/country-diary-lakeland-smittle-places-for-wildlife-1971 BGHDEP - 2 fishermen at Bassenthwaite lake, Cumbria - Glyn Thomas Country diary, 7 January https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/07/country-diary-a-tawny-owl-hoots-and-retreats-into-the-enveloping-dark A2JJBP - late afternon winter sunlight silhouetting an Ash tree - Les Gibbon (Tineye suggests that The Guardian have used this image a