For interest only, the most electric place on earth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150810-the-most-electric-place-on-earth
So pleased I don't live there!...
Watching Steve Backshall's Extreme Mountain Challenge last night, he trapped a large wasp. He explained that this particular variety of wasp stings spiders, paralysing them, and then proceeds to lay...
From the author of ‘The Kite Runner’ and ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’. As to be expected, beautifully written but I’m not finding it easy to follow. With a succession of separate stories about...
For anyone interested. //"The discovery of GN-z11 shows us that our knowledge about the early Universe is still very restricted. Probably we are seeing the first generations of stars forming around...
It happens often and works again after re-setting, but tonight we re-set it several times before it finally decided to work again. Any ideas - or is a new one in order?
'Grumpy is too happy and Bert the chimney sweep too cheerful' A study from Duke University in North Carolina finds that Disney films misrepresent the misery of working class life by portraying it as...
Does anyone else watch this? I discovered it only recently and it's a joy. Informative and interesting, it's an opportunity to join Prunella Scales and her husband of over 50 years, Timothy West, on...
Not a question, but something for anyone who's interested.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/gravitational-waves-einstein-s-ripples-spacetime-spotted-first-time...
I’ve started watching the new series, and I can't remember Mulder and Scully having had a baby together. What happened to the child – or did they not tell us?...
For those who don’t know what Newspeak is, this from Wiki. //Newspeak is the fictional language in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, written by George Orwell. It is a controlled language created by...
On a television programme – something like Location, Location, Location - I saw a beautiful heavy glass rectangular dining table with scalloped edges in a house that potential buyers were being...
.... at almost a quarter of 24-hour stores http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/29/tesco-to-close-almost-a-quarter-of-24-hour-stores Will other supermarkets follow suit - and will anyone miss...
We've ordered a large amount of solid oak wooden flooring, and a note has come through saying "Pavement Delivery Only". Does that mean they're just going to dump it outside? We don't have a pavement!!...
…. recounted in a letter published in last night’s London Evening Standard. A passenger left a bag containing Christmas gifts, wrapped and addressed ready for posting, on a train. He had no joy at...