Naff new name – great new(-ish) magazine

I’ve been told to expect good things from the first issue of Nature’s Home – the new name for the RSPB magazine. Mine arrived yesterday and I’ve enjoyed reading quite a lot of it already – more than I have for quite a few issues of the magazine. I don’t like the name Nature’s Home,…

What’s in a name?

I’m quite happy being called Mark.  It’s nice and short, easy to say and comes from the Roman god of war – Mark was one of the three commonest male names in Ancient Rome.  And seems fitting given that I was born in March too. My surname, Avery, is of uncertain origin.  I had a…