Fault finding fun!
How often will you found something useful at a car-boot sale? Well, for once The Ranger did. When I came
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The Ventilator
Incorporating The Ranger's Blog
Author: Matthew Chatfield
What’s the plural of Portuguese man o’ war?
Washing up on Isle of Wight beaches – and indeed much of the south coast – have been a few
Read moreThis cannot be natural
The Ranger’s fond of reading Ben Goldacre’s Guardian column ‘Bad Science‘. It features regular and entertaining debunking of scientific inaccuracy,
Read moreComplaints log: the terrible truth about the duckpond
Anyone working in public office will be familiar with the principle that whatever you do, someone’s going to complain. And
Read moreSpider vs. Bee… BBC vs. National Geographic
When I was young I enjoyed greatly the diverting summer sport of tossing hapless invertebrates into spiders’ webs and seeing
Read moreEco-everything: are eco-towns just greenwash?
OK, here’s a list of things. Check these out: Eco-car Eco-house Eco-plane It’s pretty easy to find examples of all
Read moreHealth and safety… gone mad?
We’ve heard it all before… health and safety gone mad! Council bureaucrats stifle fun for little Johnny. And all that.
Read moreBalloon releases: Somebody’s telling you not to do it.
Mass balloon releases: don’t do it. Just don’t. Regular readers will recall many reasons why not, but in short, balloons
Read moreWhich is bigger: the Isle of Wight or Rutland?
Regular readers will recall The Ranger’s sensitive analysis of the thorny question of whether Rutland or the Isle of Wight
Read moreCan clearing scrub be an act of homophobia?
A curious story emerges sheepishly from the bushes in Bristol, shaking the leaves from its hair. The Downs in Bristol
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