Spectrum: Beach of promise Source: The Times (London, England). (Nov. 25, 1987) GARETH HUW DAVIES Under the jet black Turkish night the last of the season’s loggerhead turtle hatchlings have straddled off Dalyan Beach, past the tireless pickets of Shore Crabs and hyenas, to the sea. The continuing struggle for survival by one of… Continue reading
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3 am in an outpost of Paradise, turtles in life-and-death race to the sea
It’s 3 am in an outpost of Paradise, a wide, flat beach on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Under the cool, cream glow of the full moon, I am a spectator at a race for life. At my feet, breaststroking along on tiny flippers over the hard sand at two yards a minute, is a survivor from… Continue reading →
Following Jane Austen through the Peak Park – to Mr Darcy’s country seat
Jane Austen’s most popular novel, and, many might argue, the most perfect novel in the English language, Pride and Prejudice, was first published 200 years ago, on January 28th, 1813. I wrote the following, after a recent visit to Derbyshire. ———— We are in deepest Derbyshire, climbing a steep rutted track lined with ancient trees. A dunnock… Continue reading →
Les Miserables is Guernsey’s reason to be cheerful
I’m standing in the room where the greatest French 19th Century author scaled the summits of romantic writing and brought us back the book on which was based one of the greatest musicals of the 20th century, Les Miserables. And now there’s fresh acclaim for the author, with the release of the film of the… Continue reading →
Vienna – year round celebration in music capital of the world
Vienna celebrates 2013 with its traditional elegant starburst, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Year’s Concert, broadcasted to the world from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein. Still think you can get tickets? In your dreams. The way to share in this glorious concert, based around the waltzes of the Strauss family, is live on a big screen… Continue reading →
Japan – land of the rousing welcome
Not long into my trip to Japan, I gave up trying to slip quietly and unnoticed into a public place, because I knew the staff would not permit it. No sooner would I cross the threshold of a restaurant, for example, than a chorus of greetings arose, to be carried on into the deepest depths… Continue reading →