Biography

Born: 1961 in Ipswich, England.
Educated: Loughborough University - BSc (Hons) Geography; and Birkbeck College, London University - PhD Geography. As a student, Adrian became fascinated by the public engagement with conservation spaces - not only among visitors to those spaces, but also among the more active stakeholders such as campaigners, citizen scientists and conservation professionals.
1986 - Research Tour of the Scottish Highlands, mainly concerning contemporary walkers' experience within the natural landscapes of Sutherland.
1987 - Research Tour to Iona, Scotland, focusing on contemporary walkers' experience at the Abbey and among natural landscapes.
1988 - Research Tour of the Val Senales Glacier, Italy, with particular reference to understanding visitor experience.
1989 - Research Tour of Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong.
1990 - First academic paper: published in Geography of Religions and Belief Systems "Geographies of Religious Commitment in a Small Coastal Parish".
1991 - First lecture to the Association of American Geographers, Miami, Florida: Geography, Metaphor and Religious Commitment.
1991 - Academic paper published in Geography of Religions and Belief Systems "Religio-Geographical Research and Public Policy".
1992 - First broadcast as writer/presenter on BBC World Service Everyday faith in ordinary places.
1992 - Academic paper published in Area "New Directions in the Geography of Religion".
1992 - Writer/presenter on BBC World Service With the eyes to see.
1992 - Lecture to the Association of American Geographers, San Diego, California: Landscape, Place and Attitudes Toward Young People.
1993 - Writer/presenter on BBC World Service Other sides to the City of Angels.
1993 - Research Tour of China, visiting Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Wu Zi, Su Chou, Guilin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau.
1993 - Research Tour of Snowdonia National Park, north Wales.
1994 - Writer/presenter on BBC World Service Ways of Seeing China: Past and Present.
1994 - Lecture to the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California: Negotiated Dilemmas in the Interpretation of Landscape and Religious Belief.
1994 - Academic paper published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers "Negotiated Dilemmas of Landscape, Place and Christian Commitment in a Suffolk Parish".
1994 - Academic paper published in Geography of Religions and Belief Systems "Interpretations of religio-geographical landscape and place meaning among adolescents in an English Parish".
1994 - Academic paper published in Geographia Religionum "Landscape, place and personal pilgrimage experience".
1994 - Writer/presenter on BBC World Service Nature and Christian Faith I - III (three meditations).
1995 - Academic paper published in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space "Adolescent dilemmas of landscape, place and religious experience".
1996 - Research Tour of the Scottish Highlands.
1996 - Writer/presenter on BBC World Service Discovering Sacred Wisdom in Chinese Landscapes (three programmes, dealing respectively with Shanghai, Guangzhou and Guilin).
1997 - Academic paper published in The Pennsylvania Geographer "Sacred Interpretations of the ecophysiology in tropical forest canopies"
1997 - Publication of Sacred Mountains: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Meanings (Floris Books)
1997 - Research Tour of Iona, Scotland.
1997 - Worked with Celtic folk band The Fetch in making the Sacred Mountains CD album, inspired by Adrian's first book.
1998 - Research Tour of western Canada.
1998 - Publication of Sacred Nature: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Meanings (Capall Bann)
1999 - Lecture given to the Pilgrimage and Complexity Conference, at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, India Negotiated Interpretations of Meditation Diaries as Sources of Understanding Religio-Scientific Pilgrimage Experience
1999 - Worked as a consultant to the BBC Natural History Unit in making the TV programme Being There: Mountains
1999 - Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
2000 - Publication of Places of Pilgrimage and Healing (Capall Bann) The front cover features one of Adrian's circle paintings, Pilgrimage and Healing.
2000 - Research Tour of Egypt, visiting Cairo, Abu Simble, Aswan and Luxor.
2001 - Worked with Community Music Project in making the Sacred Nature CD album and the Pilgrimage and Healing CD album, inspired by Adrian's second and third books respectively.
2002 - Completed a Diploma in Music with the Open University.
2002 - Completion of the Sacred Mountains radio series, based on Adrian's first book. Producer: GRF
2003 - Completed work on the Anka circle painting and other experimental art.
2004 - Research Tour of Florence, Rome and the Vatican City.
2005 - Research Tour of Brussels, Eisenach, Dresden, Leipzig, Prague, Salzburg, Vienna, Bonn and Ghent.
2006 - Research Tour of Provence, France.
2007 - Tenth anniversary of the publication of Sacred Mountains. Adrian gave interviews to the BBC and discussed the book's implications a decade after its publication. Discussions and reviews of Sacred Mountains appeared in the Sea of Faith Bulletin (Australia), Sea of Faith Magazine (UK), the BBC Radio 4 Arts Messageboard, Resurgence.org, and Booktalk.
2007 - Worked with acoustic/ambient band New Mantra.
2007 - Research Tour of Ireland, visiting Dublin, Wicklow Mountains, Waterford, Kilarney, Galway and Connemara.
2007 - Lecture Tour on Page & Moy's MV Ocean Majesty to Vigo and Cadiz, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; Madeira and the Canary Islands.
2008 - Completion of the Sacred Nature radio series, based on Adrian's second book. Producer: GRF.
2008 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Artemis to Lima, Peru; Manta, Ecuador; Panama Canal; Limon, Costa Rica; Roatan, Honduras; Belize; Cozumel, Mexico; Key West and Port Everglades, Florida USA; Nassau, Bahamas; and Funchal, Madeira.
2008 - Lecture Tour on Fred Olsen's MV Braemar to Montego Bay, Jamaica; Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Road Town, Tortola; Philipsburg, St Maarten; and Funchal, Madeira.
2008 - Lecture Tour on Noble Caledonia's MS Rembrandt to Zurich and Basle, Switzerland; Colmar and Strasbourg, France; Breisach, Baden Baden, Heidelberg, Miltenberg, Wurzburg, Rothenburg, Hassfurt, Bayreuth, Bamberg, Nuremberg, Kelheim, Regensburg and Passau, Germany; Melk and Vienna, Austria.
2008 - Lecture Tour on Thomson's MV Celebration to Bergen, Geiranger, Hellesylt, Tromso, Honningsvag, Alta, Molde, Andalsnes, Alesund and Flam, Norway.
2008 - Two Lecture Tours on Thomson's MV Calypso to Thessaloniki, Corinth Canal, Zante, Corfu, Itea, Athens and Volos, Greece.
2008 - Lecture Tour on Thomson's MV Celebration to Torshavn, Faroe Islands; Reykjavik, Isafjord, Akureyri, Iceland; and Flam and Bergen, Norway.
2008 - Lecture Tour on Voyages of Discovery's MV Discovery to Venice, Italy; Koper, Slovenia; Zadar, Hvar and Dubrovnik, Croatia; Cephalonia, Santorini and Mykonos, Greece; and Kusadasi and Istanbul, Turkey.
2008 - 10th Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Oceana to Funchal, Madeira; Road Town, Tortola; Basseterre, St Kitts; Fort-de-France, Martinique; Castries, St Lucia; and Bridgetown, Barbados.
2008 - Lecture Tour on Regent Seven Seas Cruises MV Paul Gauguin to Tahiti, Huahine, Tubuai, Taha'a Motu Mahana, Bora Bora, Tuamotu Islands and Moorea, French Polynesia; and Aitutaki and Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
2009 - Lecture Tour on Saga's MV Spirit of Adventure to Valparaiso, Coquimbo, Iquique and Arica, Chile; Lima and Salvaverry, Peru; Guayaquil and Galapagos Islands (San Cristobel, Espanola, Santa Cruz, Rabida and Baltra), Ecuador; and Caldera, Costa Rica.
2009 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Aurora to San Francisco, USA; Acapulco and Huatalco, Mexico; Panama Canal; Curacao, Dutch Antilles; St John's, Antigua; and Ponta Delgada, Azores.
2009 - Lecture Tour on Saga's MV Spirit of Adventure to Bridgetown, Barbados; Portsmouth, Dominica; Gustavia, Saint Bathelemy; Road Town, Tortola; Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands; Charleston, Nevis; St Johns, Antigua; and Santa Cruz, Tenerife.
2009 - BBC TV interview regarding mountain mythology for Songs of Praise (broadcast on 28 February 2010).
2009 - Lecture Tour on Saga's MV Saga Ruby: Round-Britain Cruise.
2009 - Lecture Tour on Saga's MV Spirit of Adventure to Dublin, Ireland; Tobermory and Ullapool, Scotland; Seydhisfjord, Akureyri, Isafjord, Reykjavik and Heimaey, Iceland; and Ringaskiddy, Ireland.
2009 - Winner: Jerusalem Radio Awards (Environment Category) for the Sacred Nature radio series.
2009 - Back-to-Back Lecture Tours on Oceania's MV Insignia to Barcelona, Spain; Gibraltar; Porto Grande, Cape Verde Islands; Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Buzios, Ilha Grande, Parati, Sao Paulo and Itajai, Brazil; Punta del Este and Montevideo, Uruguay; and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2010 - Lecture Tour on Saga's MV Spirit of Adventure to Hong Kong, Huangpu, Yangjiang, Hainan Island, China; Hanoi, Da Nang, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Sihanoukville, Cambodia; and Bangkok, Thailand.
2010 - 20th Lecture Tour on Holland America's MV Amsterdam to Male, Maldives; Mumbai and Goa, India; Port Kelang, Malaysia; and Singapore.
2010 - Two Lecture Tours on Thomson's MV Thomson Spirit to Limassol, Cyprus; Alanya, Turkey; Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt; and Ashdod, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Haifa, Israel.
2010 - Lecture Tour on Fred Olsen's MV Balmoral to Gibraltar; Cagliari, Isola Vulcano and Messina, Italy; Kavala, Thessalonika, Mykanos and Santorini, Greece; Valletta, Malta; Ibiza and La Coruna, Spain.
2010 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Azura to Malaga, Spain; Katakolon and Corfu, Greece; Dubrovnik and Korcula, Croatia; Venice, Italy; and Gibraltar.
2010 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's MV Amsterdam to Yokohama, Tokyo, Shimizu, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan; and Xingang, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, China.
2011 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's MV Amsterdam to Fort Lauderdale, Florida; George Town, Caymen Islands; Puerto Limon, Costa Rica; Panama Canal, Panama; Manta, Ecuador; and Lima, Peru.
2011 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Azura to Barbados; Curacao, Aruba, St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; St Kitts; Dominica; St Lucia; Grenada, St Vincent and Grenadines.
2011 - Lecture Tour on Princess Cruises' MV Royal Princess to Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Pitcairn and Easter Island; San Martin, El Chaco and Lima, Peru; Manta, Ecuador; Panama Canal, Colon and San Blas, Panama; Limon, Costa Rica; and Fort Lauderdale, USA.
2011 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Azura to Brest, France; Bilbao, Spain; Cork and Dublin, Ireland.
2011 - 30th Lecture Tour on Fred Olsen's MV Balmoral to Tallinn, Estonia; Helsinki, Finland; St Petersburg, Russia; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Kristiansand, Norway.
2011 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Aurora to Montreal, Quebec and St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
2011 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's MV Zaandam to San Diego, USA; Hilo, Kilauea Volcano, Honolulu, Nawiliwili Kauai, Hawaii, USA; Pago Pago, American Samoa; Dravuni Island and Lautoka, Fiji; Easo, Lifou, Noumea and Ile des Pins, New Caledonia; and Sydney, Australia.
2011 - Lecture Tour on Yachts of Seabourn's MS Seabourn Odyssey to Malaga, Spain; Madeira; and Fort Lauderdale, USA.
2012 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Adonia to Madeira and Barbados.
2012 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's MV Prinsendam to Fort Lauderdale, USA; Funchal, Madeira; Portimao, Portugal; Seville, Melilla and Cartagena, Spain; Sousse and Gabes, Tunisia; and Valletta, Malta.
2012 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's MV Eurodam to Fort Lauderdale, USA; Funchal, Madeira; Malaga and Alicante, Spain; and Rome, Italy.
2012 - Lecture Tour on Fred Olsen's MV Black Watch to Cadiz, Spain; Tangier, Morocco; Gibraltar; Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy; Corfu and Katakolon, Greece; Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt; Algiers, Algeria; and Lisbon, Portugal.
2012 - Lecture Tour on Princess Cruises' MV Sun Princess to Bergen, Norway; Shetland Islands, Scotland; Reykjavik, Iceland; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; New York City, USA; St Thomas, US Virgin Islands; Aruba; Panama Canal, Panama; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; Los Angeles, USA.
2012 - Lecture Tour on Princess Cruises' MV Ocean Princess to Rome and Naples, Italy; Santorini, Greece; Suez Canal, Sharm El Sheikh and Karnak, Egypt; Petra, Jordan; Dubai, UAE; Muscat and Mina Qaboos, Oman; Mumbai and Cochin, India; Phuket, Thailand; and Singapore.
2012 - 40th Lecture Tour on Yachts of Seabourn's MV Sojourn to Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan, Canal Sarmiento, Amalia Glacier, Chilean Fjords, Puerto Chacabuco, Gulf of Corcovado, Castro, Puerto Montt and Valparaiso, Chile.
2013 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Oriana to Ponta Delgada, Azores; St Maarten, Dutch Antiles; Antigua; St Lucia; and Barbados.
2013 - Lecture Tour on Yachts of Seabourn's MV Quest to Tahiti and Bora Bora, French Polynesia; Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Nuku Alofa, Tonga; Lautoka, Fiji; Easo, Lifou and Noumea, New Caledonia; Sydney, Australia.
2013 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's MV Amsterdam to Tanah Ampo, Bali and Ujung Padang, Indonesia; Puerto Princesa and Manila, Philippines; Hong Kong, China; Nha Trang, Vietnam; and Singapore.
2013 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Oceana to Stavanger, Flaam, Sognefjord, Eidfjord and Kristiansand, Norway.
2013 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's Eurodam to Amsterdam, Netherlands; Stavanger and Bergen, Norway; Reykjavik, Iceland; Prince Christian Sund, Nanortalik and Julianehabsfjord, Greenland; St John's, Newfoundland, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and New York City, USA.
2013 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's Oosterdam to Seattle, Los Angeles and Hawaii (Lahaina and Honolulu) USA.
2013 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's Noordam to Rome, Italy; Alicante, Malaga, Cadiz and Seville, Spain; Ponta Delgada, Portugal; and Fort Lauderdale, USA.
2014 - Lecture Tour on P&O's MV Ventura to Venice, Rome, Genoa, Florence, Pisa and Naples, Italy; Kotor, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Corfu, Greece; and Ajaccio, Corsica, France.
2014 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Discovery to Lerwick, Scotland; Alesund, Geranger, Flam and Bergen, Norway, and the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
2014 - 50th Lecture Tour on Holland America's Nieuw Amsterdam to Barcelona, Alicante, Almeria and Cadiz, Spain; Ponta Delgarda, Portugal; and Fort Lauderdale, USA.
2014 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's Prinsendam to Fort Lauderdale, USA; St Thomas, US Virgin Islands; Terre de Haut, Guadeloupe; Castries and Soufriere, St Lucia; Bridgetown, Barbados; Devil's Island, French Guiana; Cruising up the River Amazon to Manaus via Macapa, Santarem, Boca da Valeria, Parintins and Alter do Chao, Brazil; Scarborough, Tobago; Kingston, St Vincent; Kralendijk, Bonaire; Willemstad, Curacao; Oranjestad, Aruba; Fort Lauderdale, USA.
2015 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Magellan to the Orkney Islands; Westmann Islands, Reykjavik, Isafjordur, Akureyri, Seydisfjordur, Iceland; Faroe Islands; and the Shetland Islands.
2015 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Azores to Cobh, Ireland; Isles of Scilly; Guernsey; Honfleur, France; Invergordon, Stornoway, and Isle of Mull, Scotland.
2015 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Magellan to Copenhagen, Denmark; Warnemunde, Rostock and Berlin, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; St Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; and Stockholm, Sweden.
2015 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's Volendam to Vancouver, Canada; Seattle and Hawaii (Honolulu), USA.
2015 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's Amsterdam to Tahiti, Moorea, Rangiroa, Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia; and San Diego, USA.
2016 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Magellan to Copenhagen, Denmark; Warnemunde, Rostock and Berlin, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; St Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; and Stockholm, Sweden.
2016 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's MV Zuiderdam to Copenhagen, Denmark; Bergen, Norway; Akureyri, Isafjordur and Reykjavik, Iceland; Prince Christian Sund, Qaqortoq and Nanotalik, Greenland; St John's Newfoundland and Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada; and New York City, USA.
2016 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Magellan to Olden, Sortland, Alta, Honningsvag, Tromso, Trondheim, Andalsnes, Romsdalfjord and Bergen, Norway.
2016 - 60th Lecture Tour on Holland America's MV Prinsendam to Manaus, Parintins, Alter do Chao, and cruising the River Amazon to its estuary, Brazil; Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago; Kingston, St Vincent; Kralendijk, Bonaire; Willemstad, Curacao; Oranjestad, Aruba; Fort Lauderdale, USA.
2017 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Columbus to Copenhagen, Denmark; Warnemunde, Rostock and Berlin, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; St Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; and Stockholm, Sweden.
2017 - Lecture Tour on Viking Cruises' Viking Star to Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; St Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia; Gdansk, Poland; Berlin, Germany; Copenhagen and Alborg, Denmark; Stavanger, Eidfjord and Bergen, Norway.
2017 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Columbus to Amsterdam, Holland; Gibraltar; Las Palmas, Gran Canaria; Arrecife, Lanzarote; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife; Funchal, Madeira; and Lisbon, Portugal.
2017 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's Prinsendam to Rome, Italy; Cartagena, Malaga and Seville, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; Half Moon Cay, Bahamas; and Fort Lauderdale, USA.
2017 - Lecture Tour on Viking Cruises' Viking Sky to Miami and Key West, USA; Belize City, Belize; Roatan, Honduras; Pueto Limon, Costa Rica; Colon and Panama Canal, Panama; Cartagena, Colombia; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Georgetown, Grand Caymen, Caymen Islands.
2017 - Lecture Tour on Viking Cruises' Viking Sky to Miami and Key West, USA; Belize City, Belize; and Cozumel and Merida, Mexico.
2018 - Lecture Tour on Holland America's Prinsendam to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Punta del Este, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Buzios, Salvador de Bahia, Fortaleza, Cruising the River Amazon, Santarem, Boca da Valeria, and Manaus, Brazil.
2018 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Marco Polo to Lisbon and Leixoes, Portugal; Cadiz and La Coruna, Spain; Gibraltar; and Tangier, Morocco.
2018 - Lecture Tour on Viking Cruises' MV Viking Sky to Bergen, Geiranger, Molde, Tromso, Honningsvag, and Lofoten, Norway; Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and Edinburgh, Scotland.
2018 - 70th Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Marco Polo to the Orkney Islands, Scotland; Trondheim, Tromso, Honningsvag, Sortland (Vesteralen Islands) and Bergen, Norway; Murmansk and Archangel, Russia.
2018 - Research Tour to Kruger National Park and Cape Town, South Africa.
2018 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Marco Polo to Kristiansund, Alta, Honningsvag, Tromso, Trondheim, Andalsnes and Bergen, Norway.
2019 - Lecture Tour on Fred Olsen's MV Braemar to Bridgetown, Barbados; St George's, Grenada; Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles; Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles; Road Town, Tortola; Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands; Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis; St John's, Antigua and Barbuda; and Roseau, Dominica.
2019 - Lecture Tour on Viking Cruises' MV Viking Sea to San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St Martin; Madeira, Portugal; Cadiz, Seville, Valencia and Barcelona, Spain; and Gibraltar.
2019 - Lecture Tour on Viking Cruises' MV Viking Sun to Bergen, Geiranger, Tromso, Honningsvag, and Lofoten, Norway; Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and Edinburgh, Scotland.
2019 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Marco Polo to Kollafjordur, Faroe Islands; Akureyri and Reykjavik, Iceland; and Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
2019 - Lecture Tour on Cruise and Maritime's MV Columbus to Rotterdam, Netherlands; Oporto, Lisbon and Madeira, Portugal; Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Cadiz, Seville, Santiago de Compostella, Spain; Agadir, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Morocco.
2020 - Lecture Tour on Fred Olsen's MV Braemar to La Romana and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Cozumel, Mexico; Belize City, Belize; Puerto Limon, Costa Rica; Colon, Panama; Cartagena, Colombia; Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles; and Bridgetown, Barbados.
2020 - 78th Lecture Tour on Viking Cruises' MV Viking Sea to San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St Martin; Madeira, Portugal; Cadiz, Seville, Valencia and Barcelona, Spain; and Gibraltar - This tour was curtailed due to the coronavirus.
2020 - On 11 May, Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve achieved its 5th anniversary. The Felixstowe Citizen Science Group published an Impact Analysis on progress so far.
2020 - July: Interviewed on the Small Voice podcast (from 28 mins 30 secs).
2020 - August: Interviewed by Lesley Dolphin on BBC Radio Suffolk with David Roberts from the Sustainable Schools Network.
2020 - August: Success of Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve was featured in the East Anglian Daily Times.
2020 - November: The i-newspaper featured Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve in its focus on community-based conservation in the UK. The print version of this feature appeared on 21 November, pages 32 - 33.
2021 - January: The RSPB's magazine Nature's Home featured Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve in its Winter / Spring edition on pages 88, 89 and 90. The feature was written by Adrian Thomas.
2021 - January: The National Biodiversity Network published 'Managing the value of R technology in citizen science'
2021 - March: Speaker at the Nature First online conference, organized by the East Suffolk Greenprint Forum.
2021 - November: Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve received a Highly Commended award from Suffolk County Council at their Greenest Communities event.
2022 - January: Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve was featured twice in the latest edition of the WildEast newsletter. One article featured one of our members. The other article discussed our approach to urban greening.
2022 - July: Felixstowe's Climate Justice march (2 July) Pre-event publicity featured in the East Anglian Daily Times. Post-event publicity was also featured in the East Anglian Daily Times.
2022 - July: The Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service published Adrian's article 'Creating Sustainability in Community-based Conservation' in their Summer News Letter, pages 13 - 14. The National Biodiversity Network also published the article in their July News Letter.
2022 - September: 25th anniversary of the publication of Sacred Mountains: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Meanings
2023 - January: Lectures at Suffolk New College, Ipswich, UK, on Conservation, Biodiversity and Sustainability.
2023 - March: Interviewed on the Radio Suffolk Breakfast Show in support of the Wild Isles BBC documentary. (Interviewer: Luke Deal; date: 13 March 2023)
2023 - April: Felixstowe's Citizen Science Group celebrated their 5th anniversary.
2023 - April: The work of Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve was included in the BBC Radio 4 Open Country episode, broadcast on 6 April.
2023 - August: Elected as European Citizen Science Ambassador for the UK
2023 - October: Creation of the UK Citizen Science Network website.
2024 - January: New podcast created by BC fm about Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve.
2024 - 11 - 17 July: The Felixstowe Community Nature Reserve Artist in Residence (Charmaine McKissock) had her first exhibition at the 142 Gallery in Felixstowe. Reviews were very encouraging.
2024 - October: Publication of a video blog on re-mapping Abbey Grove by the European Citizen Science platform
Adrian's other activities include the leadership of Felixstowe's Community Nature Reserve and the Felixstowe Citizen Science Group. He conducts his own research into biogeographical themes in local woodland and river estuaries. He also enjoys music, art and writing. Adrian lives in Suffolk,