Pacific Island Navigation
There was a near perfect ripple map on a very windy West Wittering beach yesterday. The different wave patterns on each side of an island…
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Water Reading Courses in the Maldives
I have just returned from an extraordinary visit to the Soneva Fushi resort in the Baa Atoll region of the Maldives. I was there to…
The Greeting Map
I have just returned from an ‘artists’ symposium’ called Liquidscapes, where I gave a talk on How to Read Water. Thank you to everyone who…
The 20th Century Through Maps
The team at the British Library – what a wonderful place – are busy putting together a major exhibition: “The 20th Century Through Maps.” I…
Ordnance Survey
A great review of The Natural Explorer came out on Friday, which capped a pretty good week. “The Natural Explorer takes us on a multi-sensory,…
Winter Solstice Drama
This is not the glorious image of the winter solstice sunrise that I had been planning for you. Events conspired against that. The original plan…
Expedition: Africa
I watched the History Channel’s ‘Expedition: Africa’ last night, a retake on Stanley’s expedition to find Livingstone. It is quite enjoyable if a bit ‘light’,…
Bovine Headlines
Navigation may fill my working hours, but even I couldn’t pretend that it is a high profile topic. Last week however a story about cows…