TEXTILE WASTE
The level of textile waste in the world is truly staggering; 85% of the 100 billion items of apparel produced by the textile industry EACH …
A CONCORDE AND A SPITFIRE
I came across the photo of a Concorde and a Spitfire, above, and perhaps for the first time, was awestruck by the speed of technological …
WASSAILING
I encountered the remnants of Wassailing a few years ago in Tolpuddle, Dorset, U.K. I was looking for a cup of coffee during a trip …
UNDERSEA THREAT
I started to document Vladimir Putin’s undersea threat to communication and power cables a few blogs ago, but I had no idea of the extent …
SPRINGY POLES AND FOREHEAD STRAPS
Springy poles and forehead straps: How to carry more than your own bodyweight. The rural farm workers of Vietnam could be seen as almost …
BREXIT RESET
The British Government is about to embark, this week, on a Brexit Reset, as they call it. About ……. Time! It’s only taken five years! …
RUSSIAN AND CHINESE MARINE SABOTAGE
Russian and Chinese marine sabotage has reached new heights in the Baltic, as well as in the South China Sea. The difference is that, in …
ITALIAN SENSE OF HUMOUR
This story, and its integral affirmation of the Italian sense of humour, made me smile and I hope it makes you do so as well. …
UNFIT, UNFAIR AND UNFASHIONABLE
Unfit, unfair and unfashionable is shorthand for the results of a report by the Hot or Cool Institute on the fashion industry worldwide. The main …
BRAIN DRAIN
The phrase “Brain Drain” usually refers to the migration of the intellectual elite of one place to another place. This is often driven by deteriorating …