Honking horns and screeching tires used to be a cliched scene-setting device for writers describing Paris. Those sounds no longer define a city where cars have taken a back seat.
I gave some thought to how best to include the People’s Democracy documents I had scanned, as the group sits somewhat outside the usual scope of the website. I considered placing them in the miscellaneous section, but with almost 100 items it felt more appropriate to give them their own space. While not central to the archive’s focus, I feel the material is of genuine historical interest and adds useful context.
This is a website expressing my personal views – through a selection of opinionated observations and arguments. I’ll be including stories I like, ideas I find fascinating, work in progress and a selection of material from the BBC archives.
Playing with mathematical riddles can be an intriguing and fun-filled pastime -- as popular science writer Martin Gardner proves in this entertaining collection. Puzzlists need only an elementary knowledge of math and a will to resist looking up the answer before trying to solve a problem
In this Stephen's Day episode of The County Measure, Vincent Woods travels to County Armagh and spends time on the Black Paths (40.30), with fisherman on Lough Neagh, road bowlers in Tullysaran, Rhymers in Armagh City and with storytellers on Sliabh Gullion.
Introduced firstly in 1957 under the editorship of Bruno Alfieri, and the auspices the Belgian ADAC and Italian Olivetti Company, Zodiac set high ambitions for the extemporization of an architectural discourse. Lasted until 1973. See page 169.