By Slanted Light

I've been enjoying the series about the old kingdoms of South America - possibly because although I'd done work on the Incas (for a teaching module published pre-national curriculum) this series contains a lot of new research which is fascinating. But I have no idea how it is seen by experts in the field.

After a number of poor Horizon presentations I just about stopped watching anything with a medical slant. I suppose they find difficulty in making information accessible to all but I'd almost rather they didn't try.

I've read a couple of history books about the plague in the last few years that were similarly irritating - couldn't make their minds up who their audience was, I suspect.

We watched Brian Cox's lecture the other night and frankly, he lost me, but at least it wasn't badly dumbed down (just turned into a 'show'!) and I grasped some of it.

I've also been watching Attenborough's new Africa series and at least it's 'pretty' though I think I actually got more from Stephen Tompkinson's balloon trip.