If there was ever a perfect case study into how documentaries can engage the public in an environmental campaign, Blue Planet II and oceans plastic awareness is it. (Blackfish is also up there, but let’s not digress) Like a lot of us, I think, I’ve been a well-intentioned but lazy consumer. I started carrying around … Continue reading
These people never lose their accents, and remain convinced that Zimbabwe is the most beautiful place in the world, regardless of the trouble they’ve had living there. Continue reading
When I say Queen, wipe out any romantic image you have of the beautiful mistress of the Kingdom, the Khaleesi-like war queen who masterminds the movements of her troops and plans to conquer the Seven Kingdoms. The Queen of a termite colony is an obese lump of eggs whose sole purpose is to push out thousands of eggs every single day, unable to move, while her workers constantly feed her royal jelly. Continue reading
Does this track have a dewclaw, or is that just a bump in the sand? Is that the sound of a car being locked, or the call of the crimson breasted shrike? Continue reading
Spontaneity has been one of the best treatments for anxiety I have found so far, as it is difficult to worry about something when you don’t know which direction your feet will be pointing when you wake up, when changing your mind has no consequences. Continue reading
Originally published by WorkingAbroad Projects on Monday, 30th June 2014- see here! Greetings from the tiny island of St Eustatius in the Caribbean! I arrived on Monday from a balmy Summer’s day in England to learn that I, in fact, had no idea what summer was. This is summer. The papers in London get excited … Continue reading
Greetings from the Golden Rock, where internet is slow but time is running faster than the cows our dog keeps chasing out of the garden! Continue reading
Originally posted on the WorkingAbroad blog- see here! So, more news from Statia! I keep planning on writing down what I’ve been doing every night so I can keep track of everything, but it seems like a waste of time I could be doing more things so I’m hoping I have enough photos that I … Continue reading
Flight of a barn swallow 