I'm Swanning Round The World Looking At

Do We Really Require So Many Gardening Programmes, Makeover Programmes Or Celebrity Chefs?

At A Time When It's Possible For Thirty People To Stand On The Top Of Everest In One Day, Antarctica Still Remains A Remote, Lonely And Desolate Continent. A Place Where It's Possible To See The Splendours And Immensities Of The Natural World At Its Most Dramatic And, What's More, Witness Them Almost Exactly As They Were, Long, Long Before Human Beings Ever Arrived On The Surface Of This Planet. Long May It Remain So.

The Human Population Can No Longer Be Allowed To Grow In The Same Old Uncontrollable Way. If We Do Not Take Charge Of Our Population Size, Then Nature Will Do It For Us And It Is The Poor People Of The World Who Will Suffer Most

I Mean, It Is An Extraordinary Thing That A Large Proportion Of Your Country And My Country, Of The Citizens, Never See A Wild Creature From Dawn 'til Dusk, Unless It's A Pigeon, Which Isn't Really Wild, Which Might Come And Settle Near Them.

If You Watch Animals Objectively For Any Length Of Time, You're Driven To The Conclusion That Their Main Aim In Life Is To Pass On Their Genes To The Next Generation.