Our Vital Earth

What will Norwich be like in 3000 AD? That's only 40 generations away - just an instant in geological time. The city and its envir...

19-9-2015 Small, intensely blue flowers are scattered in the sandy soil at my feet. They are pricking their way up among grass stalks here...

18th August 2014 Today I took the opportunity to do some desk work out of doors, sitting on the terrace by the front door and proof-readin...

2nd August 2014 A warm, boisterous wind is pushing me around today on Bigbury beach, south Devon. I am here with family enjoying the wid...

With such a compelling name, Enchanter's Nightshade must surely have magical powers. Its Latin name Circaea lutetiana was given to us b...

Heronry Wood at Earlham is a mature wood, filled with tall trees casting a deep shade. My eye reaches up into the sunlit canopy where tiny b...

The Broads area of Norfolk is prey to occasional whirlwinds known as 'Roger'. They strike without warning - wrecking buildings and t...

June 21st, 2014 It was a fine day last Thursday. Wisps of cirrus and dispersing vapour trails drew a light veil over the blue sky. The b...