If you ever get the chance to sift through Max Nicholson’s archive (which, I’ll grant you, seems a little unlikely), it’s something quite astounding. Throughout his long life, which spanned pretty much the entire 20th century, ornithologist, author and administrator
For the past few years, I’ve occasionally had this feeling that someone in Hollywood must be watching over me, or at least listening in on the strange ideas that go chunking through my head. The first I knew of this
When in China, I succeeded in getting to the Dengchigou Catholic Mission, the official starting point for the giant panda’s historical journey. I spent about four hours in a car, being driven up into the mountains north of Ya’an City