It is nice to have emerged the month in somewhat calmer weather than we entered it. The damage from the…
The Great Goodbye
Originally posted on Phil Lambell:
THEY’RE just machines aren’t they? One hundred and two tons of metal forged and hammered into…
Naturelog: Sunday 9th March
There is always a good feeling about seeing a first, whether it be for the year or for the first…
Orion Nebula
Some photos of the Orion Nebula taken with the Harvard NASA telescope
Black Swan
The Black Swan comes from Australia but turns up occasionally in the wild in the UK as an escape from…
Penguins in Jumpers!
No this is not some bizarre persons idea of a joke. These are oiled Penguins on Phillip Island in Victoria.…
Mesopotamian flood myths (2)
The most well-known of the epics is that of Gilgamesh. Like Attrahasis a significant number of tablets were discovered at…
Giant hedgehog arrives in London
Originally posted on Green Living London:
A giant sculpture of a hedgehog has been installed on London’s Clapham Common to mark the…
The Brill Tramway (2)
Quainton Road station now forms part of the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
Mesopotamian flood myths (1)
Like many ancient civilisations the peoples of Mesopotamia had accounts of flood myths. To date we know of three versions…
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