Dr. Mark Nicholson6 minWhen the Saints come marching in….or why Napoleon should have become a botanistLast November a colleague called to ask if I would take two visitors for a tour round my ecological restoration project in Kenya. Two...
mark nicholson6 minAkbar the Lion and other catsI read today that Rupert Murdoch is to be married for the fifth time. While I am not particularly interested in Murdoch, he is often...
Dr. Mark Nicholson5 minWhat my children’s school might teach Israelis and PalestiniansThe thirteenth of October 2023 was international day at our younger daughters’ school in Nairobi. On that day, the whole world was...
Richard Pooley5 minColoured? "We are a culture, not a race." What’s racist about discussing the likely colour of your grandchild’s or niece’s skin, if the unborn child be the product of the union...
Richard Pooley6 minSave the Planet’s Wildlife… Fly Long-Haul “Not again! What’s the fascination with African wildlife? You can see it all in Attenborough’s documentaries.” Such was the reaction...