A Letter to M
Richard Hirst Richard Hirst

A Letter to M

It was after I’d finished building your cot that I sat down and cried for the first time. No-one had told me I’d cry. It happens to real men during the birth, crying. But during flatpack assembly?

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Birds
Richard Hirst Richard Hirst

Birds

On September 1st 1914, in Cincinnati Zoo – one of the oldest in the United States – at around 5:00pm, a bird called Martha, named after George Washington’s wife, was found dead at the bottom of her cage.

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