I always like to sleep with my beak tucked into my feathers on the highest perch I can find. And very nice and cosy it is too, as I gently rock myself off to sleep. Meanwhile, humans have to make their own artificial plumage called ‘nighties’ and ‘pyjamas,’ and because these aren’t as warm as feathers, they have to create a special roost on legs which they call ‘a bed.’ And the great drawback to this arrangement is that they have to sleep in exactly the same place every singl

I’ve noticed how humans like to build some very large structures. Yes, as chicks, -or should I say children, -they’re often given a Lego set, to hone their skills and learn the basic art of construction. So that by the time they fledge into adulthood, they’re capable of putting up things like cathedrals. In fact, there are a great many cathedrals across this land in far flung places such as Liverpool, London, Canterbury and York. And I mustn’t forget Salisbury Cathedral which

It may not have escaped your notice that something rather big has recently occurred amongst the world of humans. I was solving all of the...