During the colonial government of British India it was a relatively common practice to execute rebels opposing British rule by “blowing them from a gun”. Tying the body in front…

Ben Gunn’s craving for cheese whilst contemplating his desert island discs made a surprising appearance in Blade Runner 2049. Deckerd asked Officer K if he “had a piece of cheese”.…

Orwell’s 1930’s writings on his experiences amongst the ranks of the POUM and their fight against the fascist regime of Franco during the Spainish civil war focussed on his view…

Chuck Yeager “Hey Ridley, you got any Beeman’s? Jack Ridley: “Yeah, I think I got me a stick” Chuck Yeager: “Loan me one will you? I’ll pay you back later” …

There are 1 billion cars and 1.5 billion cows and bulls, ruminants (animals that regurgitate, re-chew food and burp)  on the planet both contribute to methane and CO2 emissions, “green house…

I feel like I should apologise for yet another jumpers for goalposts recollection, but inevitably here it is……a memory of cold full fat milk from a glass bottle with a…

  Forget the misplaced hype surrounding the  Wonder Woman movie and the invented back story of her classical Amazonian roots the real super human is Jeff Bezos. First his company…

Nope this is not another blog in support of Elon Musk, it is another obituary. Adam West the caped crusader of my youth died yesterday. Batman and his pow-zap-wham-splatt Roy…

Raymond Baxter, Jacques Cousteau, Jacob Bronowski, Tony Hart and John Noakes were my education I was saved from the grammar to secondary modern chaos inflicted on us baby booming 11…

Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe To adventure, bold adventure watch him go There’s no power on earth can stop what he’s begun He’ll fight ’till he has won Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe He’s a friend…