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...
Dr. Mark Nicholson7 minBring up the bodiesNo, despite the title, I am not reviewing the second book in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy on Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell.
Eric Boa6 minIs Planting Native Trees Preferable?I first came across Fraxinus uhdei in Colombia in 1998. It’s a species of ash tree from Mexico, known in Colombia as urapán...
Lynda Goetz4 minGrasses‘The Death of Grass’ is a post-apocalyptic novel written in 1956 by English novelist Samuel Youd under the pen name John Christopher...
Dr. Mark Nicholson6 minA Pattern of Islands – Britain’s ShameI had an evening alone the other day while my youngest two were living it up in Nairobi while my wife was searching for them...