1980: My favourite radio moment, during a recording of a despatch from Berlin just after our son Christopher was born in 1980. Keep listening – the tape was kept by my London colleagues who fell about, I gather. 1984: Just for fun, report recorded and broadcast in Hungarian on the position of ethnic Romanians in … Read more …
Just back from seeing The Age of Stupid, a new UK-produced film looking back from an imagined hot world in 2055 from on mankind’s failure to take the steps that would have saved our homo sapiens from catastrophe. I guess I’d hoped for a repeat and equally inspirational experience of Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth – … Read more …
Some thoughts from a trip just concluded to Spain, and thinking also of the devastating fires in Australia. (The picture left is of storm clouds over Ronda, which we visited – yes, EasyJet CO2 – in Southern Spain last week, which is seeing the heaviest and longest-lasting rainfall in a very long time. Very odd, … Read more …
Beware, this is a long blog. Take a deep breath, jump in, but be prepared to navigate in manageable segments. Yes, the tent last night stayed dry inside, as did the sleeping gear, and I even dreamed of warm and snuggly sleeping bags. OK, I have had to wear my socks and expensive 100% waterproof … Read more …
So, on day 16 of the journey (7 hours in the saddle, 61 miles, just 8.6 mph average speed) what do these pictures relate?? No prizes, but guess. Pause. OK, I'll give you a clue. Steam rising vertically into a blue sky from power station cooling towers at Hieres on the way from Lyon towards … Read more …
Ah – getting the hang of this. One pic at a time and one comment. This is my patent baguette protection and conveyance system. Works perfectly. Even kept (most) of my pain (if it this big, I’m told, it’s actually a pain and not a baguette) dry through a day of downpour. Also, comments should … Read more …