A series of short lectures on religion from my alma mater. Stalin and his gang had found lots of other ways to oppress people that didn’t have any of the fun bits of religion. Or, indeed. opium. Those hilarious people … Continue reading →

When TED first popped into the world, you could pick any TED talk at random and it would almost certainly be great. Now it seems like you have to wade through 10 crap ones and 5 mediocre ones to find … Continue reading →

When I first arrived on these American shores, whenever I filled in a form that required my nationality, I always put England. The man always crossed it out and put United Kingdom. I kept this up for about ten years before I … Continue reading →

[It’s that time again. That time when I rummage through my unfinished posts folder and decide which one’s would be better out than in and which belong in the digital toilet bowl. This one from March 2012 (barely) made the … Continue reading →

I started a massive post on my love affair with beer last week but my iPad WordPress client ate it.

According to Ruth Margolis, American people are some of the loveliest you’ll ever meet and make us expats feel all warm, cuddly and very welcome. But just occasionally they do or say something that we Brits find a tad… eccentric. … Continue reading →

I read two articles this morning. The first was about the nature of the activity that we call science. The author uses the example of Anaximander’s realization that the Earth is not flat to illustrate what he believes to be … Continue reading →

Does anyone want a newspaper? Continue reading →

I used to sing this song every day to my first baby clown. Continue reading →

I joined the Navy as an artificer at HMS Fisgard in 1982. Continue reading →