Nonsense
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 23 • 1875’
Revising ‘The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants’ • Writing ‘Insectivorous Plants’ • Beginning research on ‘The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom’ • Getting involved in the vivisection debate • The death of Charles Lyell
Couldn’t agree more, Guardian ‘Saturday’ magazine
Taking the Mickey
Until this morning, I thought Steamboat Willie was some unmentionable medical condition, but I stand corrected… BBC: Disney’s earliest Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter public domain as US copyright expires
2023 in a nutshell
My thirteenth annual video slide-show of the year.
Levelling up London’s potholes
In case you were wondering where the government intends to invest all that ‘saved’ HS2 funding… Department for Transport: Government invests £235 million to upgrade and repair roads across London Allocations for London boroughs to improve capital’s roads announced • long-term investment to make roads safer and smoother using redirected funding from HS2 • according… Continue reading Levelling up London’s potholes
Prawn chow mein…
…Ridicule is nothing to be scared of!
Optical allusions
Admiring a stunning rainbow with my better half… Me: Apparently, the laws of optics have changed… Rainbows didn’t exist until after Noah’s flood. God created them as a promise to the world that He would never flood it again. Jen: All I can say is He seems to have taken His eye off the ball… Continue reading Optical allusions
Not to be confused with Alfred the Cake
It’s not often I feel any kind of sympathy for the Charles formerly known as Prince, but… BBC: King-size creation on display at NEC Cake International Poor bastard! (But I suppose he could always abdicake and eat it.)
Cousin Chris
My music-streaming service (Tidal) just recommended some hip-hop to me. The only reason I can conceive it might do this is if the algorithm decided some chap named ‘Chris Carter’ might be my cousin. (Links are not endorsements.)