John Simpson: in the eye of the storm
A familiar face on British news channels, John Simpson was awarded the Mungo Park Medal of the RSGS in 2003
Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Things they said: Thor Heyerdahl
“Nature itself is like a hearth – we can revive the fire wherever there are embers.” – Thor Heyerdahl
Freya Stark: footprints in the sand
Bewitched by the Middle East, Freya Stark was a complex blend of fragility and wilfulness
Wise words: Sir David Attenborough
“I know of no pleasure deeper than that which comes from contemplating the natural world and trying to understand it.” Sir David Attenborough, ‘Life on Air‘
Things they said: Sir Patrick Geddes
“We live not by the jingling of our coins, but by the fullness of our harvests.”
Jo Woolf 
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