How the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science.
Nonsense
Book review: ‘Under the Sun: the letters of Bruce Chatwin’
The correspondence of an unusual and gifted writer.
Cleverly, he dialled from within
A rare recording of a village peasant sprawled next to the drainage ditch reciting Captain Beefheart’s 'The Old Fart At Play'.
Prime Minister does God
Cameron says the UK is a Christian country.
Prepare to be astonished…
Video of amazing maths calculation on Countdown.
W.G. Sebald ten years on
Thoughts on WG Sebald on the tenth anniversary of his death.
Get within kicking distance and throw the ball to Jonny
Jonny Wilkinson retires from test rugby.
Grut, F.
Alfred Russel Wallace knew an F. Grut.
Twitch
Short-eared owl and hen harrier spotted.
Never thought I'd get to use this sentence
Jen just washed the Parmesan.