…but all the same I was asked to say a few word to open the annual exhibition of wildlife art at The Mall Gallery in London this week. It’s run by the Society of Wildlfe Artists and it’s full of fabulous stuff: do try and drop in if you can. It’ll brighten up a November… [Read More]
Archives for October 2015
Elephant stories and David Gower
Last Friday I did a gig for the World Land Trust with David Gower. Gower — former England cricket captain, should anybody need to know — has been a patron of the organisation since 1996; I am a council member. We had an audience at The Cut in Halesworth, in Suffolk and we did our… [Read More]
Bucket-list buffalo
I’ve always wanted to see a buffalo. By that I mean the American bison. But I didn’t know that. It came to me as a bit of a surprise. I was in Badlands National Park, in South Dakota, where I was researching a piece for Intelligent Life magazine. Here is one of the world’s fantastical… [Read More]
How to be patient
Not a subject on which my wife would consider me an authority. Yesterday I did a quick spot on the Today programme on that subject, with respect to Alastair Cook, the England cricket captain and his astonishing 14-hour innings against Pakistan. They embarrassingly called me Simon Barnes of The Times, but I rose above it…. [Read More]
A bitter old man
I reviewed a sports book the other week and expressed some reservations about it. The author – let’s keep him nameless – sent me a series of abusive emails. He concluded that I wrote as I did because I am a bitter old man. I was taken aback by this, and thought it advisable… [Read More]