Category: Environment

Palm Balm

I can remember when using natural cork as a wine bottle stopper was considered bad as cork forests were being destroyed. Cork oak trees, Quercus suber, are largely (more than 60%) grown in Portugal. Now sustainable forest management means real cork is an eco-friendly, sustainable crop, supporting livelihoods in Portugal and around the Mediterranean. Using… Continue reading Palm Balm

The Green Team

The Conservative Party has hit electoral pay dirt by delaying the transition to electric cars and the replacement of gas boilers.

What Hoe!

I wonder if I should have bought a property in Chelsea when I started working in London? With a mortgage I expect I could but I am glad I didn’t.

Cave Men

Jeremy Clarke, who sadly died too young this year, and Matthew Parris, both columnists in The Spectator, bought cave houses in France and Spain respectively.

A Green Journey

If you want to go on a green journey, pack wet weather gear and a fishing rod and drive to the West of Ireland.