Simon Barnes

Chief sportswriter at @TheTimes and author of two Saturday columns on wildlife.

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Simon won't be updating this account again. Please follow him at his new account: @simonbarneswild. Apologies for the hassle!

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.@TheTimes columnist @WildBarnes has slammed #Derby City Council for cycle track plans at Derby nature reserve http://t.co/GXjgVEFOgL

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"The Winter Olympics do not show us how weird some people are. They show us that we’re all made of the same stuff" http://t.co/S0EvLCM0Ld

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From Saturday: Dredging won't save us http://t.co/4JJ0UDhLTy

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My column today: Clare Balding’s voice of calm rises above the storm http://t.co/XOFrTAehjR

[Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 @montie]

Make it a New Year's resolution to support a charity working against extinction, urges @WildBarnes for @TimesOpinion http://t.co/xEpkfCBamt

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If you really like sport, you’re a feminist. You have no choice: http://t.co/gJtdjQ5eIs

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The masgic numbers of sport in 2013 http://t.co/LMWzAzxojY

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Here are my ten reasons why Beckham is bigger than Ferguson http://t.co/FqbKWNwPQd #MUFC

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What would you do if a hungry tiger knocked at your door..? http://t.co/D9VoVhhk7A

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England football team must strike a winning attitude http://t.co/Z2KkrJuW5j

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Puffins — comical by nature http://t.co/25NKBC7ibD

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Grateful to Times readers who've helped donate £100,000 to rainforest http://t.co/Zl7HlZHYvM - still time to give: http://t.co/ON0g5z2H7p

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In the case of Adnan Januzaj, anyone can be English if the price is right http://t.co/HK2D8cWBKE

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Fifa’s banana republic http://t.co/jCxWSGoerB

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The curlew: a cry of loneliness http://t.co/o9fT0J0x3T

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Let’s buy the orang-utan a slice of Paradise http://t.co/6NNLeGfiWO