Tag: biodiversity
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The Elements (The Periodic Table). Part I
Kean (Sam). The Disappearing Spoon and other true tales from the Periodic Table, Black Swan, 2011. My first thought when this book arrived was that the author might have missed a trick by failing to reference The Matrix, to my mind one of the greatest films ever produced. “There is no spoon” is a crucial…
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Restore Nature Now
For the first time, on June 22nd, I decided to join a march. With notable exceptions I am not sure how much they tend to achieve, but this was a glorious, colourful, peaceful and happy demonstration, in spite of the seriousness of the message. Led by Chris Packham, with Dame Emma Thompson another notable figurehead,…