Festival or refugee camp? Music events test emergency aid
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation When inventor Virginia Gardiner wanted to test-drive a toilet aimed at providing safe sanitation in the developing world, she knew just where to turn – a British music festival. Her firm Loowatt, which turns waste into fertiliser and energy, is among a growing number of organisations using revellers at European summer festivals […]
JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
What can you make with a hatbox, scissors, darning needles, a couple of bicycle lamps, tea chest, wax and some glue? PICTURE: Sven Scheuermeier/Unsplash I find it astonishing that John Logie Baird used these things to build the first ever television. At the time, some people thought he was a freak – images over […]