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Auntie Jellyfish @auntiejellyfish.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Day 24 #30DaysWild Book of the Day is by Fiona Matthews and @timkendall70.bsky.social. Black Ops and Beaver Bombing is an absolute delight. Superbly constructed, informative, thought provoking, personal but not memoir, and stuffed with good awful jokes, telling the story of British mammals.

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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Professor @timkendall70.bsky.social of @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio in the South West about the new TV adaption of Lord of the Flies and the William Golding archive held at @exeter.ac.uk www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio Devon - Caroline Densley, 19/02/2026

Caroline gets Devon talking and celebrates the best of what's going on in the county.

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Along with William Golding's daughter Judy, I'll be talking about Golding and his forty-year friendship with his editor at Faber, Charles Monteith, at this online event on 12 November at 7pm. Nicola Presley asks the questions. It should be fun. www.faber.co.uk/product/will...

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William Golding: The Faber Letters (ONLINE event)

To mark the publication of William Golding: The Faber Letters, join editor Tim Kendall and the author's daughter, Judy Golding for an online discussion featuring readings.

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Just arrived this afternoon: the paperback edition of my WW2 anthology.

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Fly agaric. Hallucinogenic but very volatile and unpredictable in its effects. We left these for any shamans that happened to be passing.

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This is forthcoming in early November. The project accompanied me through cancer, chemo and Covid, so I'm a little emotional that it's finally making its bow. What an honour to edit William Golding, who has been 'my author' since I first read The Spire as a teenager.

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

7am this morning in the drizzle at Axmouth Harbour. All season I've been looking for adders on heathland with no luck. Then I stumble across this beauty while I'm just out walking the dog.

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Still no swifts but we spotted the first swallow of the year in Colyton this morning. That's about a fortnight later than usual.

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Slightly Foxed @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

In our recent podcast episode, the SF team sit down with William Golding's daughter Judy and Professor Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social to discuss this brilliant #writer. Listen via the link or wherever you get your podcasts. foxedquarterly.com/william-golding-slightly-foxed-podcast-episode-52

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Tomorrow, 5 March, 5.30pm, London Archives. I'll be holding forth on the poetry of the Second World War. Wait, SECOND world war? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-of-...

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Poetry of the Second World War

Join us as Professor Tim Kendall talks about the Poetry of the Second World War.

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WildChiswick @wildchiswick.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Delighted to welcome @fionamathews.bsky.social & @timkendall70.bsky.social in Chiswick on 18th March to speak to us about their life in mammal conservation and their fab book! Visit wildchiswick.com/event/mammal... to learn more and register. All welcome!

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Rachel Barrett @racheljbarrett.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

For generations of readers brought up on the #poetry of 1914-1918, it may come as a surprise to discover that the Second World War produced any poetry at all. Want to know why? Head to #TheLondonArchives for a talk by @timkendall70.bsky.social to find out! #WW2 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-event...

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Book Event - Poetry of the Second World War

Join us as Professor Tim Kendall talks about the Poetry of the Second World War.

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Fiona Mathews @fionamathews.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Just discovered we have a 4.43☆ rating on Goodreads for Black Ops and Beaver Bombing 🦫📖🐾. Thanks for the kind words folks! www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

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Black Ops and Beaver Bombing: Adventures with Britain's…

Countryfile's best nature and wildlife books for 2023 S…

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A very fair article on beaver bombing from a surprising source. None of this would need to happen if successive governments weren't so pusillanimous. (P.S. Why not gift a copy of BLACK OPS AND BEAVER BOMBING for Christmas? It's a banger.) www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...

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‘Britain is full of wildlife rebels’: The illicit group releasing beavers into the wild

Frustrated by slow government progress on increasing the beaver population, some activists have taken matters into their own hands

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Many thanks to @ravoon.bsky.social in The Times for choosing POETRY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR as his 'standout anthology' of the year.

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Public consultation over wildcat reintroduction in the South West of England finds a massive majority in favour. hdl.handle.net/10871/139253

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Wildcat Reintroduction in South-West England: A Social Feasibility Study

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

A mixture of the true and the silly in this article predicting the demise of the Eng Lit degree. Is Jekyll and Hyde really 'an awful novel`? And if a dog is already dead, isn't it overkill to 'put it down'? www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...

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Has ‘wokeness’ killed the English literature degree?

With universities starting to axe the course, the subject that helped shape Britain’s national identity is falling into crisis

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Jerard Bretts @jbretts.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I highly recommend the new Poetry of the Second World War anthology edited by @timkendall70.bsky.social A great mix of poets, with illuminating short intros to each of them. And the Notes at the back are so helpful in explaining references today’s reader might not get.

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Fiona Mathews @fionamathews.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Here’s a short video I've just made about our work on Andean bears in Ecuador. youtu.be/YBR5rJpgnF8?... @josmallwood.bsky.social. #paddington #conservation #wildlife To donate: www.justgiving.com/campaign/and...

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Andean Bear Research and Action English

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I always tell my students to keep journals. I'm not sure that they take any notice, but daily journals are great for exercising the writing muscle and (I suspect) for mental health. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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I’ve written a diary every day since I was 14. What does that say about me?

Reading four decades of entries, I realise ego can take precedence over world events, life is never too dull to record – and I’ve learned not to take myself so seriously

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Matt Livesey @mlivesey.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Great PhD opportunity at @uniofexeter.bsky.social & Natural England to help tackle one of the current big questions in UK conservation - “How does gamebird release and management affect the population stability and recovery of UK bird species?” www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin....

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Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

This is where BLACK OPS AND BEAVER BOMBING began: on a riverbank near Otterton in the summer of 2020. After filming this clip, I moseyed upstream and nearly walked straight into a beaver that was squatting on its hind legs eating willow.

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Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

What are you doing on Wednesday 5 March at 5.30pm? Yes, I know it's a long way off, but now you can plan accordingly. I will be speaking on on the poetry of the Second World War at the London Archives. Do come along. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-of-...

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Poetry of the Second World War

Join us as Tim Kendall guides us through his new anthology of the 'Poetry of the Second World War'.

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