A longer, online version for the Guardian Bikepacking – travelling light, camping wild and offroad climbs – is an adventurous … More
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Bikepacking in Slovenia – a short version for the Guardian travel section
Maglev trains: why aren’t we gliding home on hovering carriages?
It is lightning quick, clean, green – and expensive. But shouldn’t we think again about magnetic levitation? For the published … More
Supersonic flight: will it ever rise out of the ashes of Concorde?
Flying at twice the speed of sound was the preserve of the super-rich. If supersonic flight roars back to the … More
The best craft ale pubs in London, Conde Nast Traveller
https://www.cntraveller.com/article/best-craft-ale-pubs-in-london BEER REBELLION, GIPSY HILL One of the original ‘pop-up’ brew pubs of the past decade, BR grew from … More
Holograms: are they still the preserve of science fiction?
A projected Princess Leia in Star Wars suggested a 3D future, but we’ll have to wait a while before we … More
Twister tales: the Guardian, June 2016
Not too many people go on holiday hoping for bad weather. Here I’m surrounded by them. We’re at yet … More
Peru diary: 5/5.
Erica: Here is the final instalment of Dave’s account of the fieldtrip to Peru. I have to say that … More
Peru diary, 4/5.
I think that fourth night must have been the first one I’ve spent at 2,700m and I didn’t seem any … More
El Conductor: driving the scientists mad
A field trip diary of an expedition with the NHM to northern Peru. Part 1/5 For reasons best known to … More
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