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  • A 15-year-old in school uniform taking pictures at Wimbledon station as part of a GCSE project was stopped by community support officers and asked to sign forms under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. Andrew Pelling (the former Tory who now sits as an Independent) had been stopped and searched on suspicion of terrorism for taking pictures of roadworks near East Croydon station.

    House Points: Police harrassment of photographers 2009

  • This point has been made by Mark Pelling, who in his new book, Adaptation to Climate Change: From Resilience to Transformation, argues that adapting to climate change should be seen as an opportunity to challenge existing social contracts and unequal relationships.

    Opportunities offered by climate change | Rachel Godfrey Wood 2011

  • Pelling himself identifies Bangladesh, Nicaragua and Mexico as countries that saw an opening of democratic space following natural disasters.

    Opportunities offered by climate change | Rachel Godfrey Wood 2011

  • Andrew Pelling was taking the pictures to highlight a 'long-neglected bicycle and pedestrian route' in his Central Croydon constituency to Parliamentary colleagues.

    Are all photographers terrorists now? (update) Not a sheep 2009

  • Thinking outside the box outside the box from joseph Pelling on Vimeo.

    Thinking outside the box The Nag 2009

  • In her work on sixteenth-century England, Margaret Pelling has written that the perils to life and limb were not equally shared by all groups but enough so to bridge social divisions and to create something like a "common sense of human frailty."

    Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

  • As Pelling puts it: I know from my own experience that gentle immersion in this nation's religious traditions helps children understand the English language's majestic potential.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Burke's Corner 2007

  • As Pelling puts it: I know from my own experience that gentle immersion in this nation's religious traditions helps children understand the English language's majestic potential.

    Christmas Wars Burke's Corner 2007

  • Remember those events which led to the undermining of the incumbent Croydon Central Tory MP, Pelling for allegedly socking his wife.

    Iain Dale: Doughty Street's Goose is Cooked 2007

  • Schipper and Pelling note that disaster relief, if properly addressed, provides an opportunity to address climate change goals and the MDGs in an integrated manner [7].

    Climate Change and Foreign Policy~ Chapter 7 2007

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