Its nice to hear his voice again. Particularly in both being inept and statesmanlike in the space of a few sentences…
(Taped off the radio from Danny Baker’s show. Well, not taped, recorded on a computer, from a listen again file. This te[…]

I don’t usually do the techie “isn’t WordPress great” articles, but of course a well run site often comes with other whizz-bangs and flashes. And one of the things Alan has bolted on is a selection of statistics about the site[…]

very beguilin-lookin new blog named for the BEST-NAMED FOOD finds another superpower pwned by the [insert superhero name here] of food[…]

the compromise re little planet pluto’s status = there is now a NEW SPECIES OF PLANET called an PLUTON
this has the advantage of being totally unmuddling to all[…]

Planet-watchers arrive at unworkable fudge: classic “sideways move” speak re. Pluto, for whom a special role has been found more suited to its abilities. IF IT’S NOT A PLANET JUST BIN IT. I also like “The surprise is Ceres&#82[…]

So its that time of year again when the enquiring minds of the FreakyTrigger collective turns to food. And not so much the eating of food, as the testing to destruction of. Yes it is time for the Second Annual Liz Daplyn Food Science Day. Provisional[…]

Its great news for farmers whose crops might be damaged by flooding. But its bad news for people who want to take less that two weeks cooking up a pot of Basmati…[…]

One of those moments when you check with other viewers to see if they heard what you heard. Courtesy of BBC London News 8:30 am bulletin this morning, presented by shamefaced, postbox-mouthed Matt Barbet :
“The price of the average house in Lo[…]

a friend told me last week that he had encountered — in relation to a WELL-KNOWN CURRENTLY V.POPULAR MAJOR ELECTRONIC PRODUCT (wkcpMEP) — a MONUMENTAL OLD-SKOOL FRAUD about to unfold. Which when discovered will embarrass the manufacturers[…]

i. most years the ants only swarm once, at most twice; they have swarmed at least FIVE TIMES this year, most recently this evening
ii. insects i have never seen in london before = bright poison-green cricket — i’ve seen two (one opposite […]