Wi-fi is not the only connection that matters: Thoughts on Backyard Wilderness

There is always something inherently restorative about watching a nature documentary that takes you quietly and with real fascination through the seasonal cycles of one specific location. You feel, almost immediately, as if you are immersed in this world, a feeling heightened to a wholly rewarding degree in Backyard Wilderness, Continue Reading

Documentary review: Experience life’s extraordinary journeys with Our Planet II (narrated by David Attenborough)

(courtesy IMP Awards) Back in a far more innocent time, watching nature documentaries was simply a matter of sitting back and letting the splendour of the natural world wash over you. Not a mention was made, and honestly maybe it should have been, of the fact that humanity was trashing Continue Reading