You are on holiday in a remote Nepalese village when you spot an English-language newspaper with a headline something along the lines of: “London in flames. Rioters trash capital.” What do you do? Perpetuate that rare state of bliss, where you are so far from home, so cut free from the working world, and walk… Continue reading
Body builds its solar energy future – just in time
I’m writing this on a grey last Friday in July morning, but I have some defiantly sunny news to impart. The Body Shop has just completed, in 9 weeks, Britain’s largest self-funded (paid for by the company itself) rooftop solar energy system at its head office at Littlehampton in Sussex. 3,840 solar panels covering an… Continue reading →
Hand picked solution to a sustainable scallop future
I’ve just been looking at a very tempting recipe for hand-dived scallops with pea purée, beetroot jelly and pancetta foam on the BBC food web site. No, keen reader, I’m not going to branch into a new career in cuisine just yet. But I’m concerned about sustainable fishing, and those two words “hand-dived” seem to… Continue reading →
Istanbul – taking a pre-title sequence bow in the latest James Bond
I’ve been to see Skyfall, the latest James Bond, where entire cities and slabs of gorgeous scenery are product-placed. London is the main location lead, of course, although I never knew Temple Underground Station was quite so busy. Top landscape plaudits must go Glencoe, the most famous Scottish glen, cared for by the National Trust… Continue reading →
Are these the cars for Peak Oil?
Another stark warning this week that we may have reached, or will shortly reach, Peak Oil. Click here. Simply put, this is the moment when the world produces as much oil as it can, because there will never be as much again. From now on, or so the experts say, less and less will flow… Continue reading →
New galleries promotes Wales to art premiership
I called in at the new National Museum of Art in Cardiff this week and wondered how it might connect with the world outside, or if it was just a Welsh metropolitan vanity project After all, who builds six new galleries in these straitened times, then opens them up to the public for nothing? My answer… Continue reading →