Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Monday, 28 November 2016

Last Miners

Tonight concluded the two part documentary about the miners at Kellingley Colliery in Yorkshire, the last working pit in the country, over the twelve months leading up to its closure last December, which was both beautifully crafted and poignant; it could almost have been a natural history film about a rare species facing extinction – the unworldly habitat, strange male-bonding rituals, and a specialised adaptation to a unique environment that gave rise to real concern over their survival elsewhere.

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