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What goes up must come down: why global rainfall is increasing
Kenya, Brazil, Afghanistan, even the United Arab Emirates, are just four countries to have suffered serious flooding over the last few...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
6 min read
Veronica, Vice-President: The Best Interviewee
Every morning, I wake to the probing questions of current affairs journalists on BBC Radio 4. The responses from those in the limelight...
Eric Boa
4 min read
When the Saints come marching in….or why Napoleon should have become a botanist
Last November a colleague called to ask if I would take two visitors for a tour round my ecological restoration project in Kenya. Two...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
6 min read
Akbar the Lion and other cats
I read today that Rupert Murdoch is to be married for the fifth time. While I am not particularly interested in Murdoch, he is often...
mark nicholson
6 min read
What my children’s school might teach Israelis and Palestinians
The thirteenth of October 2023 was international day at our younger daughters’ school in Nairobi. On that day, the whole world was...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
5 min read
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