If you joined Americans in tucking into a Thanksgiving dinner last week, no doubt the centrepiece on the table was roast turkey. “Meat is really intimately tied with a lot of traditions and festivities,” says Emma Garnett, a postdoctoral researcher who studies behaviour change and sustainable diets at the University of Oxford in England. Even … Read more
The tallest mountain on Earth named after British surveyor George Everest, rising an astonishing 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level is said to be still increasing in height.Mount Everest, along with the Himalayas, has been steadily ascending since its formation approximately 50 million years ago, when the Indian subcontinent collided with Eurasia. However, Everest’s … Read more
British television, I felt, kept me in touch with my native culture, if you can call it that. Strangely, I did not feel the need so strongly when returning to the UK after 28 years. From left: Lennard Pearce; David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst from the BBC TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses, a … Read more
