WASTED WATER
Wasted Water is a problem that is gaining more and more traction as the pre-eminent issue of our times, even if it’s one that most …
REMOVING DAMS
Removing dams. I have written several blogs about the plague of dam-building throughout the world over many years, the inefficiency of their long-term contribution to …
STONE SKIMMING
The World Stone Skimming Championships have been held, in Scotland, nearly every September since 1997. Aren’t you glad you know this? The Hebridean island of …
WOMEN OF THE NILE
In the 1800s, a trio of women, I have called them “Women of the Nile”, forever changed the study and understanding of ancient Egypt. So …
THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP
In 1905, the future Bloomsbury Group, a group of artists, writers and intellectuals, began to meet weekly at 46 Gordon Square in Bloomsbury, London. This …
TIDY FRIDGE
One of life’s mysteries is that it’s a struggle, sometimes, to find anything to eat in your “tidy fridge” – the clutter just gets in …
MYTHOLOGICAL AMERICAN COWBOY IMAGE
These days, reality is slowly undermining the political power of the mythological American Cowboy image. In the years after World War II, that image helped …
MEN & WOMEN
I saw this list in a recent article and thought it would be fun to pass it on to my readers. You may not agree …
HEDY LAMARR
I found this story about Hedy Lamarr fascinating, mainly because it had never occurred to me that she was a brilliant inventor as well as …
WORDS OF WISDOM
Words of wisdom sometime come from unexpected sources. The more succinct they are, the more impact they have but, equally, the harder they are to …