Can we not do anything about a weasel?
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Bavarianbrit
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I bet his down anorak is filled with chinese criminally farmed goose feathers, make him prove otherwise by wrongfooting him.
John Gryphon
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No, ya bugger such comments not needed.
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Another charity knocked of my Donation list....................can't understand how an animal charity can take on someone who once said, he would happily eat the last Panda, because he thought the money spent on them was wasted, and could be put to better use, .......or maybe Blue Cross believe this too..........
He's certainly an oddball. But one who seems very shrewd at monetising everything that he does. It does seem to be all about him, and his talent for self-publicity.
And of course his self-declared Aspergers, which is not a subject for criticism or analysis, and presumably excuses everything, including his disfunctional personal relationships.
As well as his collection of un-used chairs and vases.
How nice that he has found some cleaners who are prepared to photograph everything and try to put it back with millimetric precision, but still not quite good enough for him, nevermind entertaining real people.
I don't expect that he's going to change, unless the money-stream dries up.
All that we can do is observe, and be baffled. High-functioning, absolutely. Hypocrite, well that's a judgement for the rest of us.
Let's all sign up with EON Energy to keep our "pets warm and cosy". I wonder what that gig is worth ?
www.thetimes.co.uk
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TIME AND SPACE
Naturalist and presenter Chris Packham on living with Asperger syndrome, characterful properties — and his love of ancient trees
‘There’s a big beech tree in the wood and I’ll go there with the dog. It’s a grounding experience when you sit next to an organism that’s 650 years old’
Interview by Helen Gilbert
March 17 2019, 12:01am,
The Sunday Times
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Europe
France
Chris Packham
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I live with my dog, Scratchy, a 15-year-old miniature poodle, on the edge of the New Forest, in a thatched cottage that dates from the 1730s. It stands alone in a field in the middle of a block of woodland and has a long track running to it.
It has what most people would call charm. I like straight lines and everything simple, yet the windows are all at jaunty angles, the doors are mismatched, there are cavities here and beams there. My partner, Charlotte [Corney, with whom he has been for 12 years], lives on the Isle of Wight.
What’s the interior like?
The cottage couldn’t be less olde English inside. The lampshades and light stands are very modern, in bright primary colours. Art is my principal interest outside wildlife. I paint, go to exhibitions and collect modern chairs from the 1980s, sourcing from auctions and eBay. I’m not into Chippendale.
Chris collects chairs — but hasn’t sat on all of themChris collects chairs — but hasn’t sat on all of them
How many chairs do you have?
At the cottage, between 10 and 15 — pieces by designers like Rod Arad, Embryo chairs by Marc Newson and a beautiful custom-made white chaise longue by an Italian designer. It’s hidden, much to Charlotte’s amusement, beneath an incontinence sheet, so muddy paws can’t damage the fabric.
Describe your house in France
I bought it in 2004. It’s 850 years old and set in 14 acres. It’s remote. On the outside, it looks like an ancient farmhouse; on the inside, it resembles an art gallery. Most of my chair collection is there. Megan, my stepdaughter [from a previous relationship], once said: “That bloody house — it’s got 29 chairs and I can only sit on two of them.” I’ve never actually sat on all the chairs I’ve bought.
What else attracted you to the property?
The wildlife — nightingales and turtle doves in the garden, nesting barn owls and tawny owls, dormice in the roof, and roosting bats. A lot of the wildlife has disappeared as agriculture has intensified.
The house in France is open-planThe house in France is open-plan
What are the drawbacks of living in old houses?
The thatched cottage doesn’t have any cavity walls, so it can be monstrously expensive to heat. Charlotte and I are always at loggerheads. She wants a warm house, whereas I prefer to put on a puffer jacket and heat only some of the rooms. I don’t see the point of heating the wardrobe room — I don’t need to keep my pants warm. The house in France is open-plan and can get really cold.
What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
Cuddle the dog. He sleeps on the bed. I like waking up in the morning and having my face licked. He had an operation last week to get his cataracts done. It’s gone very well and he was bounding around the woods like a puppy again yesterday.
The library is Chris’s favourite roomThe library is Chris’s favourite room
What’s your favourite room?
The library. I have one here and one at the house in France. Charlotte says I should open a bookshop — I have thousands of books and get through five or six a week. There isn’t much of a pattern to my reading. At the moment, I’m really enjoying Empire of the Summer Moon, about the Comanche tribe of Native Americans. Prior to that, I read a book about octopuses. For me, it’s almost naughty to read fiction. I like it, but I’m a bit of a snob and I rely on recommendations.
His vases are laid out in a precise patternHis vases are laid out in a precise pattern
Do you have any house rules?
Don’t touch anything, because everything is connected for me, and exists in a matrix. [Chris has Asperger syndrome.] Everything fits together neatly, it’s not a random thing. I have a collection of about 60 Holmegaard vases. They’re bright blue, red, green, yellow and white. They’re all put together in a pattern. When people come in and move them, it drives me nuts.
Do you have a cleaner?
Up until six months ago, I’d always done my own, for the obvious reasons around moving stuff, but I’m just so busy that I don’t have the time to do it. I’ve found a couple of very nice ladies who are so tolerant. They photograph everything before they clean so they can put it back in the right place. Sometimes they’re a couple of millimetres out, but at least they put them back in the right order.
How do you relax?
There’s a big beech tree in the wood and I’ll go there with the dog. It’s a grounding experience when you sit next to an organism that’s 650 years old. It puts you in your place and points pertinently at your own insignificance. I think that’s quite important.
Chris Packham is working with E.ON Energy to “help people keep their pets warm and cosy, while being energy-efficient”;
And of course his self-declared Aspergers, which is not a subject for criticism or analysis, and presumably excuses everything, including his disfunctional personal relationships.
As well as his collection of un-used chairs and vases.
How nice that he has found some cleaners who are prepared to photograph everything and try to put it back with millimetric precision, but still not quite good enough for him, nevermind entertaining real people.
I don't expect that he's going to change, unless the money-stream dries up.
All that we can do is observe, and be baffled. High-functioning, absolutely. Hypocrite, well that's a judgement for the rest of us.
Let's all sign up with EON Energy to keep our "pets warm and cosy". I wonder what that gig is worth ?
Naturalist and presenter Chris Packham on living with Asperger syndrome, characterful properties — and his love of ancient trees
I live with my dog, Scratchy, a 15-year-old miniature poodle, on the edge of the New Forest, in a thatched cottage that dates from the 1730s. It stands alone in a field in the middle of a block of woodland and has a long track running to it. It has what most people would call charm. I like straigh
www.thetimes.co.uk
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TIME AND SPACE
Naturalist and presenter Chris Packham on living with Asperger syndrome, characterful properties — and his love of ancient trees
‘There’s a big beech tree in the wood and I’ll go there with the dog. It’s a grounding experience when you sit next to an organism that’s 650 years old’
Interview by Helen Gilbert
March 17 2019, 12:01am,
The Sunday Times
Celebrity
Europe
France
Chris Packham
Chris Packham
Share
Save
I live with my dog, Scratchy, a 15-year-old miniature poodle, on the edge of the New Forest, in a thatched cottage that dates from the 1730s. It stands alone in a field in the middle of a block of woodland and has a long track running to it.
It has what most people would call charm. I like straight lines and everything simple, yet the windows are all at jaunty angles, the doors are mismatched, there are cavities here and beams there. My partner, Charlotte [Corney, with whom he has been for 12 years], lives on the Isle of Wight.
What’s the interior like?
The cottage couldn’t be less olde English inside. The lampshades and light stands are very modern, in bright primary colours. Art is my principal interest outside wildlife. I paint, go to exhibitions and collect modern chairs from the 1980s, sourcing from auctions and eBay. I’m not into Chippendale.
Chris collects chairs — but hasn’t sat on all of themChris collects chairs — but hasn’t sat on all of them
How many chairs do you have?
At the cottage, between 10 and 15 — pieces by designers like Rod Arad, Embryo chairs by Marc Newson and a beautiful custom-made white chaise longue by an Italian designer. It’s hidden, much to Charlotte’s amusement, beneath an incontinence sheet, so muddy paws can’t damage the fabric.
Describe your house in France
I bought it in 2004. It’s 850 years old and set in 14 acres. It’s remote. On the outside, it looks like an ancient farmhouse; on the inside, it resembles an art gallery. Most of my chair collection is there. Megan, my stepdaughter [from a previous relationship], once said: “That bloody house — it’s got 29 chairs and I can only sit on two of them.” I’ve never actually sat on all the chairs I’ve bought.
What else attracted you to the property?
The wildlife — nightingales and turtle doves in the garden, nesting barn owls and tawny owls, dormice in the roof, and roosting bats. A lot of the wildlife has disappeared as agriculture has intensified.
The house in France is open-planThe house in France is open-plan
What are the drawbacks of living in old houses?
The thatched cottage doesn’t have any cavity walls, so it can be monstrously expensive to heat. Charlotte and I are always at loggerheads. She wants a warm house, whereas I prefer to put on a puffer jacket and heat only some of the rooms. I don’t see the point of heating the wardrobe room — I don’t need to keep my pants warm. The house in France is open-plan and can get really cold.
What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
Cuddle the dog. He sleeps on the bed. I like waking up in the morning and having my face licked. He had an operation last week to get his cataracts done. It’s gone very well and he was bounding around the woods like a puppy again yesterday.
The library is Chris’s favourite roomThe library is Chris’s favourite room
What’s your favourite room?
The library. I have one here and one at the house in France. Charlotte says I should open a bookshop — I have thousands of books and get through five or six a week. There isn’t much of a pattern to my reading. At the moment, I’m really enjoying Empire of the Summer Moon, about the Comanche tribe of Native Americans. Prior to that, I read a book about octopuses. For me, it’s almost naughty to read fiction. I like it, but I’m a bit of a snob and I rely on recommendations.
His vases are laid out in a precise patternHis vases are laid out in a precise pattern
Do you have any house rules?
Don’t touch anything, because everything is connected for me, and exists in a matrix. [Chris has Asperger syndrome.] Everything fits together neatly, it’s not a random thing. I have a collection of about 60 Holmegaard vases. They’re bright blue, red, green, yellow and white. They’re all put together in a pattern. When people come in and move them, it drives me nuts.
Do you have a cleaner?
Up until six months ago, I’d always done my own, for the obvious reasons around moving stuff, but I’m just so busy that I don’t have the time to do it. I’ve found a couple of very nice ladies who are so tolerant. They photograph everything before they clean so they can put it back in the right place. Sometimes they’re a couple of millimetres out, but at least they put them back in the right order.
How do you relax?
There’s a big beech tree in the wood and I’ll go there with the dog. It’s a grounding experience when you sit next to an organism that’s 650 years old. It puts you in your place and points pertinently at your own insignificance. I think that’s quite important.
Chris Packham is working with E.ON Energy to “help people keep their pets warm and cosy, while being energy-efficient”;
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enfieldspares
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Which begs the question if you are with E.ON energy maybe you should change and when doing so write to their public relations department and tell them why. Explaining that you are unhappy that songbirds are suffering because of the Wild Justice action that has stopped the control of magpies of some such explanation.
John Gryphon
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Meanwhile the weasel is still burning rubber ha ha
Has anyone seen his latest statement on how culling of certain species is necessary and he doesnt object provided he agrees with the objectives - absolutely a chronic God complex, but one who chases the press after making a big mistake, so as not to affect his programmes ratings. Makes me sick.
Rather than rant, perhaps try to study the man. He does like to talk about himself. A lot.
An older interview, 2017:
www.telegraph.co.uk
Selective quotes:
"Is he saying he pushed Jenny away?
“I didn’t push anyone away,” he interjects. “It’s just that they can’t reach me. There are no humans there,” adds this man who freely admits he finds the company of animals easier."
and:
"But what, I wonder, if he woke here in his isolated thatched cottage in Hampshire woodland, to find a badger carcass pinned to his door?
“I’ve had it,” he shrugs. "They tie dead birds and foxes to my gate.”
So it's not a new thing. And maybe those recent photographs are not so new either. A couple of years ago he shrugged it off, but seemingly he is now fearful.
But the life of a media personality can be fickle. It only takes a small change of sentiment for it all to come crashing down. E.g. that burbling twit Bill Oddie lost his Springwatch gig when the embarrassment factor became too much, and he seemed to think that he was the programme, not just a presenter.
I wake up to Farming Today followed by Tweet of The Day on Radio4, whenever the Tweets are delivered by CP I know to expect a dreary uninformed monotonic delivery, conveying far less than I already know just from studying the Collins Bird Guide, other than the sound effects. Actually they come across as mostly just a precis from that book. As I suspect most of his actual knowledge is not much better.
It's not as if he has published anything relevant, nor has any qualifications or background in ecological study, just a talent for publicity.
Nevertheless he is out there, for the time being, and has got everyone jumping around. No such thing as bad publicity it seems.
An older interview, 2017:
Chris Packham: 'I didn't push anyone away, but people can't reach me'
At home on the edge of the New Forest, the crusading environmentalist and TV presenter Chris Packham is eloquently and forcefully fulminating on a range of subjects he holds passionately dear.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Selective quotes:
"Is he saying he pushed Jenny away?
“I didn’t push anyone away,” he interjects. “It’s just that they can’t reach me. There are no humans there,” adds this man who freely admits he finds the company of animals easier."
and:
"But what, I wonder, if he woke here in his isolated thatched cottage in Hampshire woodland, to find a badger carcass pinned to his door?
“I’ve had it,” he shrugs. "They tie dead birds and foxes to my gate.”
So it's not a new thing. And maybe those recent photographs are not so new either. A couple of years ago he shrugged it off, but seemingly he is now fearful.
But the life of a media personality can be fickle. It only takes a small change of sentiment for it all to come crashing down. E.g. that burbling twit Bill Oddie lost his Springwatch gig when the embarrassment factor became too much, and he seemed to think that he was the programme, not just a presenter.
I wake up to Farming Today followed by Tweet of The Day on Radio4, whenever the Tweets are delivered by CP I know to expect a dreary uninformed monotonic delivery, conveying far less than I already know just from studying the Collins Bird Guide, other than the sound effects. Actually they come across as mostly just a precis from that book. As I suspect most of his actual knowledge is not much better.
It's not as if he has published anything relevant, nor has any qualifications or background in ecological study, just a talent for publicity.
Nevertheless he is out there, for the time being, and has got everyone jumping around. No such thing as bad publicity it seems.
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I do hope someone from the BBC reads that interview, they will see that that man is unstable, and may well become suicidal if put under pressure, not the sort of person that should be on any sort of show, after all the BBC do have a duty of care don't they,.would also like to know if they allowed him to take his dog to Japan or did he find another dog to sleep with.
I feel an email to Blue Cross coming on 
John Gryphon
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What can anyone say to that?
The bad boys may just well think of stapling a dorrmouse to his forehead.
John Gryphon
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Fair enough I do understand that there are those with a soft centre and are of a girly type that read these threads.
Actually I was wrong about his qualifications, he has a degree in zoology, but dropped out of postgraduate studies to become a wildlife cameraman, then onwards and upwards. And he has written some books.
That fount of credible wisdom, Wikipedia, makes interesting reading, if you want to learn more about the man:
en.wikipedia.org
That fount of credible wisdom, Wikipedia, makes interesting reading, if you want to learn more about the man:
Chris Packham - Wikipedia
That's really a most unpleasant comment, and says more about you than I want to know.
CP does seem sincere about some of his self-obsessed monomaniacal views, no matter how weird they seem to others. I actually agree with a quite few of them. As well as utterly hypocrytical about others, when he senses that they might impact his public image.
He is a very shrewd manipulator who has the contacts to exploit publicity here. I'm not aware that he has taken an interest in your country, so maybe you should just observe, rather than treat us to your crass comments from afar.
His personal life, and issues, should be private, except when he makes them public, as he likes to, then I think that they are a fit subject for discussion. Though I don't like the way that he talks about people still close to him, I don't think that they need that.
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John Gryphon
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Yes Sharpie aka as bluntie I see that you never ever respond to any of my relevant posts on deer hunting but feel the need to jump in with your own big gob wide open to have a kick in this thread,well you have announced your own arrival as one of the soft centres...bye Princess xxxx
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