David Attenborough

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but read more

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.

It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.

It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.

I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, read more

I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, I hate rats! In my time, I've picked up all sorts of things in hotels-fleas, lice, tapeworm.

Children start off reading in books about lions and giraffes and so on, but they also-if they're lucky enough and read more

Children start off reading in books about lions and giraffes and so on, but they also-if they're lucky enough and have reasonable privileges of any human being-are able to go into a garden and turn over stone and see a worm and see a slug and see an ant.

People say we have all got to join Europe for reasons which even the economists themselves aren't clear on-at the read more

People say we have all got to join Europe for reasons which even the economists themselves aren't clear on-at the same time we're saying, well yes of course Scotland has got to be independent. And why don't we make Wales independent too? And the north of England.