Category Archives: Life Science

A Jungle Hero

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Circumstances prevented my watching the first episode (of two) of ‘Bill Bailey’s Jungle Hero’ on BBC 2 last night, though I hope to catch up. Bill Bailey (for our international readership) is a British comedian, and his ‘Jungle Hero’ is … Continue reading →

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Another Three Seconds Of Fame

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Did you just see Victoria Wood on BBC 1, rafting down a river in China and reading from our reissue of Robert Fortune‘s Journey to the Tea Countries of China? (I know it was ours because the BBC asked our … Continue reading →

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Gardening for Ladies

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

After weeks of grey damp and cold (and I know Cambridge damp and cold is nothing to complain about in a worldwide context) the sun came out on Thursday, and it happened again on Friday, and on Saturday, and on … Continue reading →

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More Naval Chronicles

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

One of my earliest blogs was in anticipation of our reissue of the 40 volumes of the Naval Chronicle, and I followed it up a few weeks later with some comments on the extraordinarily varied content of the volumes. Now, … Continue reading →

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The Wild and Subtropical Gardener

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Again, the BBC boldly goes where CLC has gone before – the subject of today’s ‘Great Lives’ on BBC Radio 4 was William Robinson, the gardener and writer. The format of the programme brings together an ‘nominator’ and an ‘expert’ … Continue reading →

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