Where are all the wasps?
Sitting in the garden over dinner recently, some friends and I wondered what happened to all the wasps? According to recent headlines, there are killer wasps murdering and maiming the…
Anna Raeburn on Tamara Karsavina
Very pleasantly surprised to hear Anna Raeburn choosing Tamara Karsavina as the person of her choice in Radio 4’s Great Lives series . Of all the people to choose a…
Tooting Gallery
The Zagreb Gallery is closely followed by the Tooting Gallery. Enjoy.
Zagreb
Just back from a whirlwind trip to Zagreb, where I spent about a year and a half as a student back in 1982-1984. I’ve wanted to go back ever since…
Alzheimer’s and writing style
Via the terrific Its Ablaut Time linguistics blog, a report by Mark Liberman on Writing Style & Dementia, about a fascinating study of the capacity for stuff that you wrote…
Dipsy discovers music
Now that Dipsy & Lala have passed their 1st birthday (on 11th April) and have discovered Tuna Imperial (now there’s a ballet Ashton should have choreographed) it seems that they…