Category Archives: Broadcasting
When Worlds Collide #48: The Lasting Echo of Silent Spring
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 30 December 2012 “The ‘control of nature’ is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #34: Ozone/Climate Nexus – From Shattered Sky to a Warming Planet
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 23 September 2012 “Why don’t the greenhouse gases escape through the Ozone Hole?” The misperception of the TV viewer in this cartoon (which first appeared in … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #27: Who Wants to be…a Quizmaster?
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 5 August 2012 “All the world is a quiz, and all the men and women merely players.” That’s how the late Magnús Magnússon, host of BBC … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #26: Olympics on TV – How the World is One!
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 29 July 2012 By the time you read this, London Olympics 2012 would have started with an opening ceremony showcasing the best of Britain. Themed as … Continue reading
When Worlds Collide #57: Cricket on Air – Origins of a cultural revolution
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 10 March 2013 The prevailing big match fervour raises the question: why is the quintessentially English game of cricket our de facto national sport? How did … Continue reading →