Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
Last Thursday I launched the Hull Trawler Challenge, featuring 70+ images of life on board two Hull fishing vessels from c. 1910. It’s been a great success. We’ve narrowed down the dates, identified some more of the ships, and even had someone come forward who could well be the grandson Read more …
Kew botanist Jonathan Timberlake recording vegetation on the steep slopes of Mount Mabu. Photo: Tom Timberlake There’s a nice audio slideshow, with some stunning pictures, now available on the BBC site – Audio slideshow: Discovering a ‘lost forest’. It’s covered in more depth on the Kew site – “Google Earth Read more …
Always nice to see Kew being featured on high profile programmes like newsnight, and especially on such a prominent news story (overly so if you ask me, but that’s not important here!). I particularly like the montage of a giant George Bush in the temperate House…. BBC NEWS | Programmes Read more …
A short while ago I discovered that a former colleague, friend and fellow cyclist Sharon Laws is going to be riding for Great Britain in the women’s road race at the Beijing Olympics. Wow, bloody amazing! So, this is just to say…. GO SHARON! More about Sharon at: www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2525097/Sh… www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/News2008/200808… Read more …
It’s nice to see the baobab story getting so much coverage, and even nicer to see that the editorial and factual quality of the articles, such as the new one on the BBC site (First taste of a magical fruit) is improving in leaps and bounds! It reminds me of Read more …
The BBC is reporting that a New exotic fruit [is] to hit UK shops. New? What’s new about the baobab? Africa’s ‘upside down tree’. Well it’s certainly not a new species. It’s certainly not a new use. What appears to define this as ‘new’ is that the EU has just Read more …