Behold – a quantum leap in peeling technology. On the right is one like the peelers of my childhood, on the left is a device that works so much better. It follows the contours of whatever is being peeled because the blade can pivot on its axis. My memories of the original 1960s peeler are […]

It was the colour of the termite mound that turned my head. My brother and I were wandering through the Botanical Gardens in Entebbe a couple of weeks ago. He was busy identifying trees and I was happy to see some of their resident colobus monkeys. We have both seen plenty of termite mounds in […]