Britain has become rather different from the way it was when I left 20 years ago. It was decided recently, that Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, would have to…
The day I started writing, the Queen died quite suddenly, but I don't think it was my fault. Two days before the sad event, Liz Truss visited the Queen to…
So, I got this phone call -- it was a while ago now, but I don't mind looking back if things are interesting. The spider I was filming at the…
The coastline of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia is a great place to watch birds -- particularly ducks, geese and waders. As winter approaches, large numbers migrate through the…
Smooth newts during springtime lived in a tank in my bedroom. When I was young, just like many other children, I was obsessed with dinosaurs... but there were other creatures…
In difficult times landscape photography can be very rewarding; and we can take good pictures very easily using a mobile phone.
When I first moved to the Lower Mainland of British Colombia I wondered what Canadians did for a living; as a child brought up in Britain, I was led to…
You know how it is, you're having a perfectly normal conversation with somebody you think you know, and suddenly they say, 'That's just not like me, I'm a Capricorn', and…
Pre-covid, but not so long ago, Jen and I took a trip to Manning Park in British Columbia intending to visit upland meadows in full flower; but you know how…
For many years I travelled to interesting places to film wildlife, and would usually pointed my camera in the direction that would achieve the most agreeable results, because if I…