David Bowkett
Head of Productivity and Growth at ESRC. I am interesting in new technologies, how they are used, how people interact with them, and how they lead to economic growth. I like also happily talk to you about cricket, bikes and heat pumps He/him. Views my own
- I finally got round to listening to the segment about Bristol Zoo over the weekend. As someone who lives near(ish) the old zoo, and is a regular at the new zoo, here are some additional thoughts from me:
- 1. They refer to the old zoo as being next to a "local college". This is in fact the >£35k per year private school Clifton College. This doesn't really effect the arguments of the segment, but perhaps gives more of a flavour of what the local environment around the old zoo is like.
- (No criticism of the presenters here. Covering things in other parts of the country when you are a independent podcast is hard. You can't have local knowledge of everywhere you would like to talk about).
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View full thread3. The new zoo is really good. Bear woods - a fenced of area of woodland, where bears and wolves roam together, with a raised walkway above - is incredible. I saw two wolves facing off a bear from a couple of meters away once. Its quite amazing.
