Great news about the positive impact of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), now from California. Unsurprisingly, the MPAs that have been established for longer, are doing best “Biomass of targeted fi...
Invented a century ago, rotating columns fixed to ship’s deck interact with wind to provide forward thrust and could make a 10% fuel saving. Layout of Norsepower Rotor Sail on a generic Aframax-...
The date of the April film has had to be changed to Sunday 23rd April. The film is Dheepan (2015, France, directed by Jacques Audiard, 115 mins, Cert 15). Dheepan is a Tamil freedom fighter who decide...
Dean Gallery, Edinburgh until May 21st By John Inglis...
From WH Auden’s poem September 1, 1939, written when ignorance and hatred threatened the world: Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of lig...
In an article in the Guardian, Charles Eisenstein makes some important points about a different way to farm. Regenerative agriculture comprises an array of techniques that rebuild soil and, in the pro...
from John Kinsman of Coastwatch. Scientists have studied the ears of dead whales to learn how underwater man made noises effect marine mammals. Crown Copyright...
The Isle of Arran Music Society, henceforth to be known by the snappier title “Music Arran”, presents its next concert in Brodick village hall on Saturday, March 18th, by Cuerdas. Cuerdas (Spanish...
Electric trains in the Netherlands have relied entirely on renewable energy since 1 January, and now the UK and Belgium are following in their tracks. Renewable energy is helping to power increasing n...
The March film is Wuthering Heights (2011, UK, directed by Andrea Arnold, 129 mins, Cert 15) James Howson plays Heathcliffe. Set in North Yorkshire, the marvellous photography makes the most of the dr...