The Saturday of the August Bank Holiday found me at Greenbelt, the normally lush green fields of Boughton House parched after a summer of heatwaves. As the much needed rain began to settle in I joined a packed Hot House tent to listen to Ruth Valerio talk about her new …
One of the many tasks that I do each month as Rector of two village Churches is to pick the hymns that we are going to sing on Sunday mornings. I usually do this a month at a time, drawing on suggestions from our Choir Director, the seasonal rhythms of …
On 21 July 2023, Emma Elgee reported: A private boarding school has been fined £50,000 after exposing five pupils, two employees and their children to high levels of radioactive radon gas. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found Kingswood School in Bath had not monitored radon levels for eight years. …
James Hutton and the Theory of the Earth. 2026 is the tercentenary of the birth of James Hutton, enlightenment polymath, agricultural improver and natural philosopher. He is best known for his Theory of the Earth, presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1785, a seminal contribution to geology, geomorphology …
As a scientist, I am always trying to use the most reliable sources of information for my work. So that means papers in peer-reviewed journals, and the very best scientists. I first got into the topic of climate change through my association with Sir John Houghton. Although I trained as …
One of the challenges facing people wanting to communicate climate and environmental stories is how to reach outside the usual circles, one way of doing this is through cultural organisations like museums and art galleries. On a recent trip to Oxford I visited two very different exhibitions that explored environmental …
