Monthly Archives: July 2020

Some More Book News

Posted on 29 July 2020 by Henry Gee

You’ll both recall that the UK and Commonwealth rights to my ongoing tome A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth were acquired by Picador, notwithstanding inasmuch as which rights to translations into six different foreign languages have also been … Continue reading →

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Sounds of the suburbs

Posted on 27 July 2020 by rpg

I’m sitting outside our apartment at Podere Castellaccia, the evening sun still quite high as the maestrale warms the porch. Our apartment is Grecale, the colder, northeast wind. Castellaccia is a fattoria and azienda vinicola; their olive oil is superb … Continue reading →

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Remembering Rosalind Franklin

Posted on 25 July 2020 by Athene Donald

By Spudgun67 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link Everyone knows a little something about Rosalind Franklin, whose hundredth birthday it would be today. Some may have little sense of her beyond the belief that she was cheated out of … Continue reading →

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A perfect experiment and the poop factor

Posted on 24 July 2020 by Steve Caplan

In the midst of the pandemic, it was time for me to plant my tomatoes. Being unwilling to visit local nurseries for obvious reasons, I did the next best thing and ordered 12 tomato plants online. The drawback was that … Continue reading →

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Uncertain Times

Posted on 21 July 2020 by Athene Donald

We live currently in a world of great and sometimes terrifying strangeness, where the rules and customs by which we have lived for so long have been turned upside down. Some people may be focussing on whether they need to … Continue reading →

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Comet NEOWISE – catch it if you can

Posted on 21 July 2020 by Stephen

Comet NEOWISE has come but not yet gone. If there is no cloud cover for the next night or two, you might be able to catch its wispy presence low in the north-west before it fades from view. Don\’t feel bad … Continue reading →

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Why Are People So F***ing Stupid?

Posted on 21 July 2020 by Henry Gee

We are shielding, chez Gee, as one of us has pre-existing health complaints, and another is about to have a surgical procedure. The only person who leaves the house is me, and only to walk the dogs, which I do … Continue reading →

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A Soft Landing

Posted on 20 July 2020 by Henry Gee

People often talk about starting books. People often talk about keeping up the momentum, once one have started. What people talk less about is how to finish a book.

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Augmented reality: me and my hearing aids

Posted on 11 July 2020 by Stephen

My new best buds… When I started out on this blog back in ’08 I made a passing observation about my age, having noticed I was increasingly lifting my glasses to read the date on my watch. Not long afterwards … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of Pupperino – In Print!

Posted on 11 July 2020 by Henry Gee

I’ve been posting my Golden Retriever pup’s diary on Facebook for a while. As a result I have been have been deluged with requests for a book version, from, oh, I don’t know, maybe two people. Well, here it is. … Continue reading →

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