There’s an awful lot of limestone in Mongolia. When you are in your Landcruiser lurching your way along the rocky tracks of the Gobi Altai you can spot whole mountains of the stuff off on the horizon. White mountains, or near enough to white. When I first… Read more
Don’t get me wrong – Christian virtues (the teachings of JC) are admirable. I was brought-up going to ‘Sunday School’ and I guess it didn’t do me any harm. I’m not exactly sure what I did get out of it – we were told ‘Bible… Read more
There was a time when I threatened myself to start teaching the ecology of Middle-earth. I helped take a couple of trips taking American university students around New Zealand. It was an amazing itinerary, but it came with a strong feeling that my students were… Read more