You couldn’t make it up. Actually, you don’t have to – it’s there on BBC2. If Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou is to be believed, the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis have nothing to do with the early history of the human race. Instead they...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
An airport departure lounge has got to be one of the best places in which to view the diversity of the human race. Having time to while away offers the opportunity to marvel at the shapes, sized and colours in which humanity is available. Add in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Tunisia – the Jasmine Revolution. Egypt – the ? Revolution. The Arab world has been shaken to its core. Popular unrest has exploded and the results are dramatic. Egypt –who would have thought it? Even Israel’s famed intelligence service was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We are being washed away on a flood-tide of information. From every direction we are bombarded with facts, opinions, claims, counter-claims and enticing offers. Via radio, television, videos, CDs, DVDs and the World Wide Web we have access to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The camera can lie. It has always been able to, and with the advent of digital technology the possibilities for manipulating images are endless. Most of us find the possibility of looking better in our photographs than we are in the flesh quite...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It was an amazing sight. To see 33 Chilean miners hoisted one by one from their prison 620 metres below the surface, after over two months captivity, was almost unbelievable. A rescue which few thought possible had been accomplished without a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
He’s done it! Amazing! Who would have thought it? Stephen Hawking has proved there is no need for a God to explain the existence of the universe. Forget your Richard Dawkins and the rest of the amateurs. Here is one of the greatest living...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Mirror, muzzle, map We live in a lawless society. It’s not that there is no law or law-enforcement, but our culture is thoroughly anti-authoritarian and so anything to do with legal requirements or legal restrictions is never viewed without...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Big Bang So much technology. So much know-how. So much sophisticated planning. So much power. Just one blast from an Icelandic volcano – and it was all paralysed. When the Eyjafjallajökull (there’s one for the proofreaders!) volcano erupted...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
