It's the story of the Cretaceous Period just before the Yucatan asteroid hit, up to a million years past, plus later periods.
Told in a sort of intimate way, bringing you right into the lives of the animals living at that time.
The Repair Shop - Tales from the workshop of dreams
I love The Repair Shop, it’s brilliant “slow TV” and you can just pick it up anytime. You get to see amazing craftsmen and women restoring pieces with skill and care, and enjoy highly personal stories about how the objects were treasured in their family (often sad, often moving, and sometimes funny).
This book is a brilliant read too. Each object is analysed as a cultural piece; a miner’s safety lamp leads to a discussion on safety, and wider swathes of history about a Welshman who fought with the Black & Tans in Ireland and was injured in a mine collapse (denting the lamp). And then it describes the processes the experts used to repair and renew the items, before quoting reactions and comments on the outcome. I couldn’t put it down and read it in two sessions.
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I love The Repair Shop, it’s brilliant “slow TV” and you can just pick it up anytime. You get to see amazing craftsmen and women restoring pieces with skill and care, and enjoy highly personal stories about how the objects were treasured in their family (often sad, often moving, and sometimes funny).
Have you seen "The Restorers"? (Running on Discovery over here - revolving around a bunch of antique dealers getting stuff fixed up.)
There is a metal worker there with a red/purple mohawk that is the spitting image of the shopkeeper in Skate/Ski or Die (can't remember which one).
^ in the UK that's "Salvage Hunters: The Restorers" and airs at 21:00 on Quest (freeview ch 12), immediately after the Repair Shop slot! (although wimbledon has put a spanner in the works this week)
imo it's not as good - they are doing it for money and the personal connection / back story isn't there. but always ineresting to see professionals at work
Just finished up reading this. Sometimes it's easier on holiday when you are away from the distractions in life to absorb things. I feel both humbled and guilty in equal measures. We as humans are at a junction in our evolution as a race - one path will lead to our extinction (hopefully not taking the rest of the planet with us) or the other to regain balance of our planet. Our planet as in everything that lives on it not just humans can relearn to thrive with nature. Nature however will always find a way and to a degree without us around survive and thrive. I hope we as a collective civilisation can manage to do the best thing. We are one of the most intelligent creatures on the planet earth. It would be a shame if we cannot find a balance, live in harmony and we as humans end up becoming a sidenote in the history of this great planet.
Reading the above back I just want to say it's not my intention to sound preachy BTW and it certainly was not my intention! I was just incredibly moved by Sir David's observations and it was kind of a slap in the face for me and made me realise that I can make choices every day that will make a difference. This book is worth a read and may make all of us realise however insignificant our efforts may seem we will collectively make a difference.
A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
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“How do I make myself popular? The Art of Pleasing" by Constanze von Franken (1902)
Even better than "What should I talk about?" (1894) of the same author.
>take off sunglasses
Seamen and fishermen alike swear to have heard voices in the rising tide. Inhuman screams, some of them say.
..feck me..
