TEXTILE WASTE
The level of textile waste in the world is truly staggering; 85% of the 100 billion items of apparel produced by the textile industry EACH …
SACRIFICIAL LAMBS
We need “sacrificial lambs”. I have to comment on the fiasco that occurred in the Oval Office of the White House during the visit …
A CONCORDE AND A SPITFIRE
I came across the photo of a Concorde and a Spitfire, above, and perhaps for the first time, was awestruck by the speed of technological …
WASSAILING
I encountered the remnants of Wassailing a few years ago in Tolpuddle, Dorset, U.K. I was looking for a cup of coffee during a trip …
UNDERSEA THREAT
I started to document Vladimir Putin’s undersea threat to communication and power cables a few blogs ago, but I had no idea of the extent …
AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE
An interesting perspective I read this week and thought was worth repeating. I’m not sure quite why I thought it was interesting but maybe some …
WASHING SHEETS AND PILLOWS
Our sheets and pillows are where we spend a third of our daily lives, and all that contact creates the perfect environment for all sorts …
A MARKER
I decided the time was right to put down a marker on the early stages of Donald Trump’s administration. To do so, so early, was …
SPRINGY POLES AND FOREHEAD STRAPS
Springy poles and forehead straps: How to carry more than your own bodyweight. The rural farm workers of Vietnam could be seen as almost …
INTELLECTUAL MASTURBATION
It dawned on me this week that one of the major problems the U.S. Democratic Party faces going forward can be summed up in two …