BBC Radio 4′s A History of the World in a 100 objects has come to a close – and through the many episodes I felt enlightened and uplifted, dewy-eyed on a number of occasions, and more consciously part of a wider, older world – what a magnificent piece of programming – it was worth my [...]
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The wildlife evasion triathalon
Having listened to the Today Programme report on the (largely dreary) Commonwealth Games, I have become convinced that it would be much more interesting to turn the cameras on the (blood) sport of life in the Commonwealth Athlete village. So far, athletes have been pitted against stomach bugs, attack monkeys (no really), and poisonous snakes [...]
