MONTY PYTHON
Fifty years after Monty Python and the Holy Grail redefined comedy, stars Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam look back on the freedoms – and limitations …
QUEENSTOWN
Queenstown, New Zealand, has an audacious goal to become the first tourist destination on Earth to have a completely carbon-zero visitor economy by 2030. If …
DIRE WOLF
Ben Lamm, the 43-year-old denim-jacketed CEO of Colossal Biosciences, claims to have reintroduced dire wolves into the world after more than 10,000 years of extinction. …
D-Day Wrecks
Among the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks that line the coasts of Britain and France, wildlife is thriving. The story is particularly poignant this past week …
BRITISH SENSE OF HUMOUR
The purported British Government notice below, which appeared on the internet recently, graphically illustrates the British sense of humour, which is an enigma to most …
GIANT REDWOOD TREES
There are more Giant Redwood trees in the U.K. than there are in their native habitat in California. How’s that for an incredible statement, which …
ASMA KHAN
Asma Khan is an Indian-born British restaurateur and cookbook author. She owns Darjeeling Express restaurant in London’s Soho District, and was profiled on the sixth season of …
GIANT TORTOISES
An army of reptilian bulldozers – giant tortoises – is helping a Galápagos island, Española, make an ecological comeback. Española’s burgeoning tortoise population – …
STRAW AS INSULATION
I thought this article on the plans for using straw as insulation on homes in the U.K. was worth reporting as a sensible contribution to …
CIVIL WAR IN THE US
The prospect of civil war in the US just got a little closer this week with Donald Trumps’ rally speech last weekend. My last block …