I have been both an ardent conservationist, thanks to the holy trinity of Gerald Durrell, National Geographic and David Attenborough, and a Christmas fanatic since my childhood. There was no reason to expect these two disparate passions would ever intersect but they have, thanks to the planned festive ad Continue Reading
It’s Our Planet and David Attenborough is narrating its praises
SNAPSHOT The groundbreaking, eight-part series will showcase the planet’s most precious species and fragile habitats, revealing amazing sights on Earth in ways they’ve never been seen using the latest in 4k camera technology. Filmed in 50 countries across all the continents of the world, with crew capturing more than Continue Reading
Book review: No Good Asking by Fran Kimmel
People, by and large, place a great deal of faith in first impressions. They are an unofficial yardstick by which the worth of a person is judged and we cling them as social markers like a drowning man holding tenaciously to a buoy. But it becomes quickly apparent in Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Tom of Tom and Jerry squished, rolled and generally bent out of shape
I watched a lot of cartoons as a kid. A LOT. One of my great favourites was good old Tom and Jerry, created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbara, in which a persistent cat (Tom) was always bested by a wily, cheeky mouse (Jerry) and ended up Continue Reading