Month: November 2023

  • Almost a million children don’t have a book in their houses. Most concerning is that this lack of books is concentrated in younger children. National scandal.

  • Moons of Jupiter

    Moons of Jupiter

    Clear sky tonight and it was possible to get a good look at Jupiter in the night sky near a full moon. What was super-exciting was seeing the four Galilean moons of Jupiter – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – through a telescope. It gives an incredible sense of the physicality and presence of things beyond the Earth. Genuine sense of awe.

    I took some photos with my iphone :

  • 60 Years of Doctor Who

    60 Years of Doctor Who

    Incredibly, the first episode of Doctor Who was aired on the 21st November 1963. As I’ve been a fan of the classic series from childhood, I thought I’d go back and watch the first season. The adventures of the First Doctor and his companions are the ones I’ve watched the least and there are some stories – like The Edge of Destruction and The Reign of Terror – from that first season 60 years ago that I don’t think I’ve ever seen.

    I’m going to watch the episodes weekly and post about each episode on the day it was first aired – all the way through to next September.

    For some reason I’m putting the posts over here on weekly basis:

    And the entire season (so far) is easier to access here:

  • Monica

    Monica

    Alice bought me the new Daniel Clowes graphic novel, Monica, which is excellent and so so SO heartbreaking.