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Gardens Near and Far episode 35 – Levens Hall

Gardens Near and Far / 2 minutes of reading / September 30, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardens Near and Far episode 35: Levens Hall, in the north of England, has belonged to the same family for 800 years. Its garden was laid out in the seventeenth century by a French garden designer, Guillaume Beaumont, who trained with André Le Nôtre at Versailles. Since then, it has withstood the vagaries of fashion, remaining essentially unchanged over the centuries. The topiary gardens are its crowning glory. The oldest in England and probably in Europe, their trees and shrubs have been painstakingly clipped by generations of gardeners. Landscape architect Jean-Philippe Teyssier takes us on a discovery of […]

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Great Parks of Africa episode 7 – The Garden Route

Nature / 2 minutes of reading / September 30, 2019 / By HDclump

Great Parks of Africa episode 7: Garden Route National Park is a patchwork of protected areas that safeguard a range of land and marine habitats in southern Africa. Take a tour of this conservationist paradise offering hope for creatures as varied as the humpback whale, the blue duiker antelope, and the Knysna seahorse–the only endangered seahorse in the world. Scattered throughout the wild lands of Africa are a number of protected havens that shelter some of the continent’s most iconic wildlife. Explore these majestic natural sanctuaries dedicated to the preservation of the continent’s rich yet vulnerable wildlife heritage.

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The Cell

Science / 2 minutes of reading / September 29, 2019 / By HDclump

In a three-part series, Dr Adam Rutherford tells the extraordinary story of the scientific quest to discover the secrets of the cell and of life itself. Every living thing is made of cells, microscopic building blocks of almost unimaginable power and complexity. The Hidden Kingdom part 1 The first part explores how centuries of scientific and religious dogma were overturned by the earliest discoveries of the existence of cells, and how scientists came to realise that there was, literally, more to life than meets the eye. The Chemistry of Life part 2 This episode explores how

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Gardening Australia episode 35 2019

Gardening Australia 2019 / 3 minutes of reading / September 29, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardening Australia episode 35 2019: Sophie revisits an innovative house and creative garden, Jane Edmanson calls in on musician Rusty Berther, Josh Byrne builds a garden seat, and Tino Carnevale shares tips for keeping rainwater on a steep block. Gardening Australia has always provided practical, trustworthy and credible gardening advice to inspire and entertain. Join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they traverse the country unearthing the best gardens. Gardening Australia episode 35 2019 Peg’s Passion Costa calls in on a gardener who has a simple yet cleverly inventive approach to recycling. FAQs – Yellow citrus

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Great Parks of Africa episode 6 – Chobe Land of Learning

Nature / 2 minutes of reading / September 28, 2019 / By HDclump

Great Parks of Africa episode 6: Chobe is Botswana’s first national park, as well as the name of the mighty river that runs through it. Explore how its iconic species, like elephants, baboons, and lions, pass on their secrets of survival to the youngest members of their families. Scattered throughout the wild lands of Africa are a number of protected havens that shelter some of the continent’s most iconic wildlife. Explore these majestic natural sanctuaries dedicated to the preservation of the continent’s rich yet vulnerable wildlife heritage. Great Parks of Africa episode 6 – Chobe Land of

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Great Parks of Africa episode 5 – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Nature / 2 minutes of reading / September 27, 2019 / By HDclump

Great Parks of Africa episode 5: The riverbeds that carve their way through the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park offer a tantalizing promise of life, as well as a fierce test of survival. Explore the hidden lifelines that create a fragile link for the creatures that inhabit this unwelcoming wilderness. Scattered throughout the wild lands of Africa are a number of protected havens that shelter some of the continent’s most iconic wildlife. Explore these majestic natural sanctuaries dedicated to the preservation of the continent’s rich yet vulnerable wildlife heritage. Great Parks of Africa episode 5 – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

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Hairy Bikers – Route 66 episode 3

Route 66 / 3 minutes of reading / September 26, 2019 / By HDclump

Hairy Bikers – Route 66 episode 3: In Oklahoma City, a classic T-bone steak is followed by a visit to the city’s Vietnamese community to knock up Vietnam’s beefy national dish, pho. On the third leg of their trip, Dave and Si are on the trail of Oklahoma’s famous beef. After checking out El Reno’s unique onion burger, the Bikers hook up with a couple of fire crews who like to cook – especially brisket. An organic sweet potato farm inspires the Bikers to make sweet potato brownies, before they finish this stretch on a cattle ranch with

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Great Parks of Africa episode 4 – Karoo National Park

Nature / 2 minutes of reading / September 26, 2019 / By HDclump

Great Parks of Africa episode 4: from mountain zebras to shy and secretive caracals, Karoo National Park showcases a diversity of creatures who have adapted to demanding environmental conditions. Scale the varying altitudes of this nature reserve’s vast landscape. Scattered throughout the wild lands of Africa are a number of protected havens that shelter some of the continent’s most iconic wildlife. Explore these majestic natural sanctuaries dedicated to the preservation of the continent’s rich yet vulnerable wildlife heritage. Great Parks of Africa episode 4 – Karoo National Park The Karoo National Park, founded in 1979, is

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Conspiracy Files: The Billionaire Global Mastermind?

Politics , Social and Religion / 2 minutes of reading / September 26, 2019 / By HDclump

The Billionaire Global Mastermind? – Investigating how multi-billionaire George Soros has become a bogeyman around the world – castigated not just by bloggers, but now by presidents and prime ministers. But are the allegations of secret Soros plots to overthrow governments and flood countries with migrants simply the product of resurgent anti-Semitism? Conspiracy Files: The Billionaire Global Mastermind? George Soros, (born Schwartz György; August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist. As of February 2018, he had a net worth of $8 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to his philanthropic agency, Open Society Foundations.

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The Winter War of Finland and Russia

History / 2 minutes of reading / September 25, 2019 / By HDclump

The Winter War of Finland and Russia: In November 1939, when Finland was invaded by the Soviet Union, no one expected that this tiny nation could resist the largest military force in the world. And no one anticipated that 1939 would be one of the coldest winters in recorded history, what historians have called a frozen hell. Filmed on the old battlefields in Finland and Russia, Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia dramatically depicts the intensity of the warfront and the homefront. Outnumbered and outgunned, Finns knew this war was not about changing the

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Great Parks of Africa episode 3 – iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Nature / 2 minutes of reading / September 25, 2019 / By HDclump

Great Parks of Africa episode 3: The name iSimangaliso means “Miracle” in Zulu–and the sheer number of species sustained by this diverse haven live up to this name. Explore this rare sanctuary, home to some of the world’s most striking and iconic creatures, including the black rhino and the giant leatherback turtle. Scattered throughout the wild lands of Africa are a number of protected havens that shelter some of the continent’s most iconic wildlife. Explore these majestic natural sanctuaries dedicated to the preservation of the continent’s rich yet vulnerable wildlife heritage. Great Parks of Africa episode 3

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Byzantium – A Tale of Three Cities episode 3

History / 2 minutes of reading / September 24, 2019 / By HDclump

Byzantium – A Tale of Three Cities episode 3: Simon discovers surprises in Istanbul as it rose to become the imperial capital and Islam‘s most powerful city. Visiting the great mosques and palaces built by the Ottoman emperors, he tells the stories behind them – of royal concubines, murderous bodyguards and sultans both the powerful and the depraved. He shows how the Christians, Muslims and Jews of the city once co-existed before the waves of nationalist rebellions brought the Ottoman empire to its knees. In the 20th century the ancient capital was once more transformed by the new

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