DEAR SELF, UPON YOUR FIRST LECTUREMay 2008 Hi Gemma! I don’t want to freak you out too much, but this is a written message from your future self… in fact, it’s me from the...
PATRIOTISM - A BLEMISH OR A BLESSING?Is it just me or does it tick you off when you see a mulleted meat-head toss a cindering ciggie butt into the bush with little thought or...
FLYCATCHERThis is an article about Flycatchers, the birds from which this magazine takes its name, or so I thought. When Jen, the editor of this...
HITCHHIKE BABYStanding on the tarmac watching the sun rise over the Anatolian plain somewhere outside the Turkish capital Ankara, I held my thumb out...
DARWIN’S FINCHES: THOSE OF THE TOP END, NOT THE GALAPAGOSAustralian birds are bright and beautiful, and are valued by the public as shown with a species of honeyeater recently appearing on the...
A LETTER28 July 2016 The Ice Run Lake Baikal, Siberia Russia Dear Ice Run, It’s been a while since we spent time together, and I miss you. I...
THE KICK INSIDEThe first time I felt you kick was as I sat down to a seminar on the global carbon cycle. Buoyed by your thump I became acutely aware...