Currently freelance, I take photographs, write books, and present
television and radio programmes. To find out more about me, use the
links above.
Things in the
pipeline...
Earlier this
summer I shot a series about How London Was Built, shown on
ITV in London only in July and August, and repeated on the
History Channel from 29 September.
My previous series
was
What the Ancients Did for Us (see also my
TV page, and the Books
page for the book that accompanied the series). It covered the Chinese invention of
gunpowder, the Sumerian invention of writing - and therefore written
history -, Egyptian pyramids and mummies, a Greek computer, and the
vital Meso-American discoveries of rubber and chocolate.
My latest book,
published on 1 September, is Why Does A Ball Bounce? And 100 other
questions from the world of science. This is about my love of
science and photography - see the Books page.
Read my article
for World Toilet Day 2004 published in the Daily Telegraph
here.
I've posted some
new examples of my photographs on the Photos
page and recent copies of my Radio Times articles on the
Articles page.
In another recent book,
Talking Science,
I interview 14 of the world's leading scientists
to discuss their work, their passions, and the elusive
ground-breaking moments in their lives. Here's an
excerpt from the speech given at the book launch in Oxford,
published 20 October 2004 in the Independent.
I’m
not an inventor and I have no mechanism for helping inventors.
If
you need help with patenting please approach the 
