by Nigel | May 31, 2025 | Air pollution, Commentary, Energy, Environment, Feature Articles, Health, Health communication, Journalism, Photography, Sustainable development, Training
A new short (8-week) course, ‘Health Journalism and Public Health Communication’, has been launched by the Kenya Medical Research Insitute (KEMRI) Graduate School in partnership with CLEAN-Air(Africa), to help build a growing cohort of communicators delivering accurate, balanced and impactful stories on Africa’s health priorities, with a special emphasis on the transition to clean, safe and sustainable household energy.
by Nigel | Mar 6, 2024 | Active ageing, Ancient (BC), Art, Blog Posts, Commentary, Cycling, Early (1st to 10th Centuries), Hiking, History, Maps, Modern (20th Century), Photography, Recent (11th to 19th Centuries), Sport, Tourism, Travel
My blog of a 7-day (6-night) tour of Cycling UK’s fabulous 350 km King Alfred’s Way bikepacking route, an incredibly varied adventure through stunning landscapes and thousands of years of history
by Nigel | Nov 5, 2023 | Active ageing, Ancient (BC), Blog Posts, Cycling, Early (1st to 10th Centuries), History, Photography, Recent (11th to 19th Centuries), Sport, Tourism, Travel
My story of a 6 day/5 night tour of Cycling UK’s excellent Rebellion Way, a 400 km bike-packing route around Norfolk, ridden in the beautiful weather of early September 2023. The ride, around two-thirds of which is on roads and one-third on bridleways, runs through beautiful landscapes and is packed with fascinating historic sites. This blog (in two parts) is written from the perspective of older cyclists (like me! – aged 68); we are inevitably slower, but also have priorities that may differ from younger and/or other riders who may be more focused on completing the route quickly.
by Nigel | May 27, 2022 | Active ageing, Ancient (BC), Blog Posts, Cycling, Early (1st to 10th Centuries), History, Maps, Photography, Recent (11th to 19th Centuries), Sport, Tourism, Travel
My blog of a 7-day (6-night) tour of Cycling UK’s fabulous 350 km King Alfred’s Way bikepacking route, an incredibly varied adventure through stunning landscapes and thousands of years of history
by Nigel | May 20, 2022 | Active ageing, Blog Posts, Cycling, Early (1st to 10th Centuries), History, Maps, Photography, Recent (11th to 19th Centuries), Sport, Tourism, Travel
A biking trail to honour a wise king King Alfred is perhaps best known in popular mythology for burning cakes while sheltering in a peasant woman’s home, having fled Viking encroachments, and pre-occupied by weighty matters of the defence of his realm and people....