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Kitesurfer from south Essex has groundbreaking surgery after ‘barbed wire’ pain

A south Essex kitesurfer who thought a stabbing pain in her hip was due to an old injury has undergone a ground-breaking operation similar to a hip replacement. Georgina Monti, 30, from Benfleet, ...
insider.si.edu

Barbed wire : an ecology of modernity / Reviel Netz

Expansion : the American West and the invention of barbed wire. Unpacking the Louisiana Purchase ; How to fence a cow ; How to fence the world -- Confrontation : barbed wire on the battlefield.
The Washington Post

The long, ugly history of barbed wire at the U.S.-Mexico border

In 1904, the El Paso Herald called for “a barb wire fence along our side of the Rio Grande” to keep out “undesirable aliens.” The newspaper wasn’t referring to Mexicans, but to Chinese immigrants, ...
The New York Times

Free the American West From Barbed Wire

Ms. Nijhuis is the author of “Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction.” She reported from Brewster, Wash. Sept. 26, 2023 “Wherever a farm may be located, or whatever may be its ...