“You have to try the sandwiches,” my colleague Lisa Markwell, the editor of The TelegraafmagazineI advised when I casually mentioned that I had been invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate Britain’s creative industries. “I don’t eat UPFs,” I heard myself say (not my fault – blame Prof. Tim Spector). “Is there … Read more
Nature lovers can see polar bears at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Canada – Alamy I could never have imagined a polar bear doing a somersault meters above my head. In the wild it would be impossible – I wouldn’t live to tell the tale. But within the confines of the Assiniboine Park Zoo … Read more
Simon Reeve in the Congo rainforest for the first episode of Wilderness with Simon Reeve – Jonathan Young/BBC Simon Reeve turns 52 this year, but he shows no signs of slowing down. Before our interview starts, I see him strolling around, looking for coffee for his colleague. “What about this secret door?” he asks, turning … Read more