Writer, musician, coder, want to be boat builder
Cast your mind back 541 million years. That was when the Cambrian explosion began.
In preparation for this week I had a look through my notes file and found this paragraph:
At the dinner table last night the conversation turned to the pandemic and the observation was made that this time last year we were in Level 4 lockdown.
A study published last year concluded that half of the CO2 emitted by the global aviation industry is caused by flights taken by just 1% of the population.
Oh dear. I appear to be stirring things up a bit.
I've received a few emails recently in response to this column, all so far disagreeing with what I say.
In the foreword to the recently released United Nations Environment Programme report entitled 'Making Peace with Nature',
Something surprising has happened recently in Switzerland.
There is a lot of hype about Harry & Meghan.
When I took my driving test in England in 1979, one of the compulsory manoeuvres was an emergency stop.
Standing in the shower this morning, I was thinking about reality and its different forms.
Brazil loses around 10,000 square kilometres of rainforest per year.
This morning, on the last day of our holiday, I had a slight shift of perspective.
Sitting at my desk, about to pen my last column for the year, I confess I have no clue what I am going to write next.
We had the annual work do at our house last week; and very pleasant it was too.
Travelling on the Southern Motorway last night, towards the Bombay Hills,
Scanning through the news this morning, I noticed an article on BBC News which claimed 'One of biology's biggest mysteries 'largely solved' by AI.
It must be the internet - so much information so easily.
Many years ago a lawyer said to me that the most tiring thing about being a lawyer in his line of work, which was the family court, was permanently being in a state of conflict.
I think I lost an argument with the wife last night.