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Beasts, chevrons, and scrollsI apologise to any readers who have been frustrated at my previous post, which illustrates a notable Norman church but discusses the flowers in the churchyard. If that’s a little perverse for an architecture...
I recently showed you Carcassonne's Castle and briefly introduced the city:Carcassonne CastleYou may have already heard of Carcassonne, located in the Southwest region of France. In short, it’s a walled medieval city that became...
AbominationYear is only about halfway done and I'll say it: Adrian Chiarella's Leviticus is the best horror of the year. I mean-- something better might come in October (Eggers' Werwulf comes out December), but can't imagine what that...
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got fruit lager, TV ads and AK. We don’t often put product launches in this top slot which we reserve for news but this piece about Brixton...
Source Still shot of a Bald Eagle capturing a Heron for its lunch in Glenwood, NS. Wow, I didn’t know they would do this. Hopefully, not fake.
@simonmaechling wrote: We don't have an information problem. We have a scientific literacy and trust problem. I agree. Kids learn science as a set of established facts, formulas, and historical discoveries. Best case is they come away...
An end of week recap “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” – J.R.R. Tolkien...
London has seven rainbow plaques, the vivacious alternative to blue that commemorates significant people and places in LGBTQIA+ history. The most recent was unveiled last week remembering broadcaster, comedian, drag queen, dog lover and...
There’s something wonderfully old‑fashioned and comforting about Boston Brown Bread, with its deep molasses richness and hearty whole‑grain texture. These Boston Brown Bread Toaster Cakes/Muffins capture all that nostalgic New England...
Saturday Q&A It's non-politics Saturday! If you're still pondering the headline theme, we'll suggest you'vE GOT to concentrate. Click here for full story
Today, I’d like to talk about logic — and before I do, I should probably explain why. But before we get to that, a definition may be in order: in a nutshell, logic is a system for drawing conclusions from premises (“facts”).Formal logic...
I have been using TailScale from 4 years. Recently, I wanted to self-host HeadScale(open source TailScale server) on my own server. During self hosting, I realised that HeadScale is not a drop-in replacement for TailScale. HeadScale...
I left the house at 5 this morning, and having met George we are now on our way down to Steventon for the 009 exhibition…We will keep this updated through the day, so check back later…On the road at half six…
Sometimes I'm fast-smart and sometimes I'm slow-smart (the rest is an uninteresting morass of confused incompetence). The fast-smart part is talent. I can't really account for it. The slow-smart part — the larger part — is,...