First published: 2011 Published by Walker Publishing Company ISBN: 978-0-8027-7894-9 First published in 2011, “A More Perfect Heaven” is a biography about Nicolaus Copernicus, who developed the heliocentric theory which placed the sun, rather than the Earth, at the centre of our universe. Copernicus lived from 1473 to 1543, and was a Polish astronomer and…
There’s nothing like a nice hot bath when the weather is cold but bear in mind you have to do it right As hot as you can stand a pleasant scent, jasmine maybe, or lavender whatever makes you happy and don’t forget the bubbles It must be done at night never during the…
I do like a ghost story, and I am also a fan of director Guillermo Del Toro, so I was interested to see “Crimson Peak”. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain, it’s a gothic horror in the old style used by Hammer horror films of the fifties, sixties and seventies. A young American…
Blind in her wants screaming for approval unable to compromise me me me agree with me, look at me it’s all about me Will that be me when I grow old will I turn into her have I already No one is innocent we all have faults do I need to take the beam…
When I was young, as a filler between longer shows one of the stations would play short animated shows, with episodes usually five to ten minutes in length. There were some absolute classics to be found in this way. These shows were extremely funny, and I would recommend them highly. The Red and the Blue…
Trackless forest Ferns cluster thickly against mossy trees Dim shadow interrupted briefly by shafts of green-gold light Smell of growth, decay, water and soil Life and death in endless cycle Breeze shifts leaves whispering as they dance Small creatures forage Woody litter rustles softly under tiny feet Twitters and chirps sound from the branches flurry…
Theodore Geisel used the pen name Dr Seuss to write his books, mainly children’s books. However Geisel was known also for his illustrations, cartoon work and animation. He was not a doctor, his pen name being purely fictitious, and his books have become famous over the last century, even being adapted (with mixed success) to…
You grow up learning how wrong it is to shout and yell and scream Only children have tantrums Adults don’t cry Grow up! Behave! Act your age! Swallow it down Swallow it down You must be decorous, quiet and appropriate Your cries echo only around the inside of your skull You wail silently in…
First published in 1980, “Timescape” won the Nebula Award that year. It is a science fiction novel, dealing with ecological disaster in the year 1998. There seems to be no way to resolve what is happening, but technology that uses tachyons allow researchers to attempt communication with the past. In 1962, a scientist starts to…
This is the lucky country but lucky for who lucky if you’re born in the right place affluence and influence then you can have the right education make the right contacts and enter the right employment work hard and up you go aren’t you lucky Lucky that you’ve never wondered how to pay the…
Eclectic Assemblage 