A trip to the zoo
Yesterday we enjoyed a visit to our local zoo, the Cotswold Wildlife Park totally unencumbered by our own offspring. Of course the place was heaving with other people’s childr…
Endless forms most beautiful
“Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved” said Charles Darwin in the final sentence of his 1858 world-changing book ‘On the origin of species.’
It’s a such a simple, almost obvious idea,…
Two men and a barbel
In the magic river Kennet, which rises from Swallowhead spring near Silbury Hill in Wiltshire and joins the Thames at Reading, live many fine barbel. They are not easy to ca…
Quagga – a great striped hope
One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, on 12 August 1883, the last quagga died in Amsterdam zoo.
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RIP hot buttered soul man
I was shocked to discover that hot buttered soul man Isaac Hayes died yesterday.
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The Genius of Charles Darwin
It won’t surprise you to hear that I can’t wait until 8pm tomorrow night when I’ll be glued to Channel 4, watching Profess…
