In southern France, there’s a man called Christian who flies a microlight aircraft, alongside flocks of birds. And he takes …
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The Chauvet cave, in the south of France, is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world, filled with art that’s tens of …
Funchal Airport, on the island of Madeira, was too short for modern commercial airliners: but there was nowhere to extend to.
The Monte Toboggans, in Funchal on the island of Madeira, are wicker sofas: a bit like the gondolas of Venice, only you’re going …
“Daly’s Bridge”, in Cork, Ireland, is better known as the Shakey Bridge. Because it shakes. But what happens when a bridge like …
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Did I need to get a radio controlled clock and travel to Anthorn to film this video? Absolutely not. But for a few minutes, that clock …
Deepstore doesn’t let many people film in their massive facilities. So when the team at Laura Ashley invited me down into the …
On Sunday, the South Terminal at London’s Gatwick Airport will reopen for the first time since 2020. It turns out that mothballing an …
I can’t make science fiction any more. So, to get the ideas I have out of my head, I went to a Standard BBC Quarry, and put all of …
“Anderson’s Piano” is a set of wires and signals at the Pass of Brander, near Falls of Cruachan in Scotland, that try to detect when …
In Fife, in the south-east of Scotland, there’s the Elie Chain Walk: a footpath that’s got a reputation for being dangerous. It isn’t …
Rochester, in the south-east of England, was a city for nearly 800 years. And then, in 1998, an administrative error took that city …
In the 1960s, America was running “Operation Plowshare”: the idea that perhaps nuclear bombs could be used for peace, not war.
The Hill House, in Helensburgh, Scotland was decades ahead of its time… but that means it’s also experimental. And damp.
Hutton’s Unconformity, at Siccar Point, is about an hour east of Edinburgh, in Scotland, and I’ve wanted to set my own two feet on it …
The International Cocoa Quarantine Centre, at the University of Reading, has an important job: stop pests and viruses from …