I’ve always thought of automats as lonely, melancholy places. Continue reading →

I’m learning, with RadioLab, to speak to the animals. Continue reading →

The News of the World began Murdock’s journey to media domination nearly 40 years ago. Let’s hope it ends it too. We always knew you were shit. But we never knew you were this shit. It says here that the … Continue reading →

The History of English continues with the Norman invasion. Tasty fact: cow, sheep & swine came from English but beef, mutton & pork from the French.

I love learning about the history of English. I love the Open University and I especially love the fact that they put all of their courses online. It’s almost enough to make me want to finish my OU degree. In … Continue reading →

Did people in the old days experience new paintings the way we experience new technology? Continue reading →

Have fun little clowns! Continue reading →

I’ve played in a Sunday league for about 6 years now. We had a good few seasons a couple of years back. We were unbeaten in two of them. That’s all hard to remember now though and we have barely … Continue reading →

I’m contemplating promoting Jesus Christ Superstar to Best Movie of All Time. I’m not sure Rick would approve though.

What strikes me is how bleak those times were and how close Britain was to utter disaster. Continue reading →