Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs?

The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.

The fundamental issue is the moral issue.

In the Baboon community, it is not how strong you are that is important, but who you know that counts

I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of preserving ourselves, of that I'm sure. But whether our lives will be as rich as they are now is another question.

We can now destroy or we can cherish-the choice is ours.

Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?