NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Wednesday

  ON THIS DAY IN - 1888 - Following a quarrel with Paul Gauguin, Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh cut off part of his own earlobe.

And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

MONGABAY: On plantations and in ‘protected’ areas,...

BBC: 'World's ugliest orchid' tops list of new dis...

BBC: Ivory: Elephant decline revealed by shipwreck...

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)