As the enigmatic and much debated 2012 slides gently away over the horizon we find ourselves, a little bemused, half way through 2013. The poles did not shift and the earth’s magnetic shield appears still to be in working order. We did not have three days of darkness and nor were the righteous whisked away to salvation in mother ships leaving us, the wretched and sinful Unredeemables, to fry down here.
Read MoreThe little Uffington formation of 19th May this year, which seems at first sight to be so unpretentious and simple, in fact emphasises a crucial lesson. It screams for attention...
Read MoreThe 2000 season was an astonishment for the variety and quality of its offerings. For me the months following that brilliant summer were to be immersed in an unhealthily obsessive examination and consideration of its spectacular formations. That work produced a DVD, number 7, The Pi Hypothesis and The Big Triangles and it is appropriate (as will be made clear) to re-examine some of that material here.
Read More1994 was a year of surprises and innovations. The Scorpions and the Thought Bubbles were among these and seem to have been largely overlooked despite their historical importance. The first of this group, the Scorpion, arrived opposite Silbury Hill on 22nd May 1994. By 1994 we had not had many figurative formations and this was quickly felt to be a scorpion.
Read MoreThere were two sibling sets, pairs or virtual twins which occurred in consecutive years, 1998 and 1999. The first pair, Clatford and Furze Hill explored the circle while the second pair, Windmill Hill and West Kennett dealt with squareness. These sets shared a specific and unique characteristic. The standing part of the design in one formation was laid down in its sibling and similarly, the laid crop in the first was switched to standing in the second.
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