Over at Kew Gardens, there is always something to enjoy afresh, or anew. Grasses apparently cover around 20% of our planet, but there is no element of boredom when you admire […]
Much to the surprise of many people, and very much to my own amazement, I made a dawn ultralight flight over Mont St Michel. It was a breathtaking experience – both […]
At low tide, many visitors make the challenging trek across the quicksand, following the route of former pilgrims. In the days before causeway and bridge, this was the precarious route […]
Two famous British people were brought together in an unusual manner today: Sir Winston Churchill and Lady Godiva. Lady Godiva’s fame dates back over 900 years. She lived in the 11th […]
The Saint was one of my favourite tv series during childhood. It was a spy thriller starring Simon Templar, the literary antihero created by novelist Leslie Charteris in the late 1920s. The programme […]