Imagine if William Shakespeare could travel through time and meet you. Why not? By the magic of planes we fly through time zones to different countries, sometimes arriving on the day before we took off. Imagine that Michelangelo or Leonardo could cross the years of history and share their skills and knowledge. Why not? We can travel through space to talk with someone 10,000 miles away. By the magic of television, we can see someone in a different country. There come with me on a BioView journey to meet amazing people.
The training is reaching a peak. The athletes competing in the 2012 Olympics are counting down the days. The competitions and events will test them to the limit. Some will break world records. We will see a few athletes run or swim quicker than any human in history. Heros and heroines will be created. But, all the Olympic athletes are examples to the young people . They provide role models of…
When did you last go to your local library? When did you last go to a bookshop? I like both places because I like books. But, it is a long time since I went to my community library. Also, I am not visiting bookshops as often as I did. The reason is that I have joined the Download Society. It is easier to press a few buttons and have a…
Where have you learned most? Was it in the classroom or somewhere else? It is a very important question. If the answer is that you learned most outside of a classroom then what is the future of schools, colleges and universities? The advent of computers and tablet machines means that knowlege can move. It is not necessary to go to a fixed place, such as…
In just over three months, the 2012 Olympic Games will commence in London. The competitors have been training hard. The organizers have been working night and day to get the facilities ready. But, why do we have the Olympics? Where and when did they start? Why where the Olympics Games banned by the Romans? Who was it that resurrected the modern Olympics? Those were questions that interested me. So, I…
‘No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.’ So, said the great writer Charles Dickens. He would have known for he walked the streets of London during the mid 19th century, seeing the poverty and destitution. As a result, he wrote compelling novels like Oliver and Great Expectations. He was born in 1812 and his birthday will be celebrated on February 7th –…
One of my most interesting days was spent in the city of Sydney, Australia. with Eugene Fernandez, a business friend. He offered to show me around the great city where he lives. We started at Botany Bay, the site made famous by Captain Cook who landed there in 1770. He and Joseph Banks, the botanist, took back glowing accounts of the place to England. As a result, the British Government decided to send…