I'm writing this in bed in the Barbara Cartland Suite, LangAr hall, Nottinghamshire. Michael in Burgundy pajamas is making tea. 'Not just ordinary tea but Newby Tea with Meadow Churned Milk', he says, bringing the mug to bed, headtouch on forehead for the morning read of Wilding to start our day. We were delayed departing… Continue reading Lakes October 2020
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Hay Festival 2019
We're camping in a field which is walking distance to festival, Michael's very good idea. The toilets are downhill, the festival up a gentle slope. It is Michael's treat, he'd been a few years running, and this was my first. Very excited. We find ourselves late, but in the BBC tent listening to the finding… Continue reading Hay Festival 2019
London Barry and his ‘Ernia
I am in London, having collected Barry from the Spire Brentwood, post his double 'ernia, as he calls it. He is not an easy patient. Now walking like a very old man, banana position he calls it, he still enthrawls me with his east end ways, in equal measure to driving me round the bend.… Continue reading London Barry and his ‘Ernia
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R number and Ig Nobel
Our r number is increasing .... Prior winners of Ig Nobel Prizes explored probing questions such as: Why do old men have big ears? Can you unboil a hard-boiled egg? And the eternal conundrum: Are cats a solid or a liquid? This year
India
India's coronavirus cases surpassed 5 million, second country in the world after the United States (6mil) . However India's COVID-19 fatality rate is 1.6 percent, much lower than 3 percent each in the United States and Brazil, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Chris Lintott – The Crowd and the Cosmos
Thanks to DASH who partnered up with Ipswich astronomical, Michael and I listened to Chris Lintotte from our own front rooms. The Crowd that Chris waxes lyrical here, are the citizen scientists who under the project Zooniverse, look out from their own back yards at a tapestry of stars, map them and together find sense… Continue reading Chris Lintott – The Crowd and the Cosmos
A Facebook post from Ronnie 5 August: Dear Friends, just a quick note to let you know I will no longer be posting or commenting on Facebook. I have been diagnosed with Stage 4 Terminal Cancer of the right Adrenal gland (Cushing Syndrome) and have today been transferred to an Hospice only about 2 miles… Continue reading
Recalling Chhairo
This is a testament to the help given by Subha Narsingh Bhattachan to us in Nepal 1998-2004 in context of the Chhairo Gompa and Sugata. I first met Subha Narsingh Bhattachan in the midst of the extraordinary story of Sugata. We were writing his life story together, which concentrated on the most dramatic events during… Continue reading Recalling Chhairo
Good bye Faraday Road
I said goodbye to Faraday Road.An unlikely sojourn in my life, in London's east endAnd pure utility. I'd visited once in 10 years. It's London lolly gave me the recourse to live up here in Suffolk.I recall being annoyed sometimes when I had to attendTo repair something broken. Barry helped sort it. Barry. From Wandstead… Continue reading Good bye Faraday Road
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