Tag: chris-packham

  • Restore Nature Now

    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,…

  • Nuts & Bolts

    Nuts & Bolts

    Nuts & Bolts; Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way), by Roma Agrawal, Hodder & Stoughton, 2023, is a book I asked for and was given on my birthday last year.  I was hopeless at physics at school.  Our teacher, Mr Baker, seemed to have long since lost interest in the…