About six months ago I received a letter in the post, the kind of letter that doesn’t necessarily fill me with dread, but one that certainly makes me sigh and feel a bit hesitant about opening. An A5 brown envelope, addressed to my full name…
From the BBC article: What you see is a cluster of galaxies in the Southern Hemisphere constellation of Volans known by the ungainly name of SMACS 0723. The cluster itself isn’t actually that far away – “only” about 4.6 billion light-years in the distance. But…
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went on a camping trip. In the middle of the night Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see…” Watson replied, “I see millions and millions of stars.” “What…
I should consider myself a lucky man, having had the pleasure of attending a couple of Foo Fighter concerts in my life. Hyde Park stands out as a memorable gig, and my first time in the new Wembley was to hear the band thrash it…
Sometimes acronyms are exactly that, things we say that we know are helping us to abbreviate phrases or names and to speed up our communication and make it more efficient. Over time, many of these acronyms embed themselves into our language, and soon they become…
I came across this old photo, taken in 2009 at the Port Palace Hotel in Monte Carlo. Taken at about 5am after zero sleep and far too much alcohol. Under the bandage on my arm are 6 sutures, and there are another six under the…
Doing small things every day will, over time, amount to sizeable achievements. Glasses of wine, cigarettes, lines of cocaine… these are all relatively small things. Oliver White
Some things bug me. They probably shouldn’t, but they do. And when things puzzle my brain, I’ll try to find out the reason, the answer. Sometimes though, the explanation isn’t always forthcoming. And for those questions and wonderments, I am terminally troubled. Why do tins…
The United Kingdom has some odd place names dotted around, no less so than in the south-west, Cornwall. Every time I venture to the British Riviera, I end up taking a second glance at a signpost as I drive along a winding country road. Here…
Not even two days after my fortieth birthday I get the text to book my Covid-19 vaccine appointments. Two days! They couldn’t even give me the weekend to absorb and acknowledge my age, they had to remind me two days later. But of course, jabs…
How is it that some people are just terminally rude? For some, it would seem, no amount of kind words, generosity or offer of help is enough to get a reciprocal smile or a courteous amount of honesty in return. Instead, you just get a…
The UAE Space Agency’s Hope probe has reached Mars, slowed and adjusted it’s trajectory and entered into a wide orbit around the red planet. This is the first image it sent back to Earth, with the solar system’s largest volcano – Olympus Mons – emerging…
I would never let you just go down like that, This isn’t something that could last. All this stuff I thought and now you dare to ask it back, You are a dying star to us. I would never let you just go down like…
