From little acorns … to his 1,000th article for the Guardian country diary

October 17, 2026 · 12:00 pm 1 sources

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• From little acorns … to his 1,000th article for the Guardian country diary
  The Guardian · October 17, 2026 12:00
  As Mark Cocker approaches a landmark for the world’s oldest column in an English-language newspaper, he is still inspired by powerful encounters with nature In the autumn of 1987, Mark Cocker sat in a field near Norwich and watched a jay burying acorns for the long winter ahead. He described the…