Been away for the Bank Holiday. We visited Windsor Castle and Eton College to view some spectacular architecture and interior decorating. ...

While the idea of an inevitable conflict between science and religion is a myth there have undoubtedly been occasional issues between scienc...

Spent the day in the University Library reading an eighteenth century edition of the Annals of Oxford University by Anthony Wood which is m...

After the failure of Atkins and co to impress, I thought I should mention a rather more fruitful lecture I went to a few weeks ago. That wa...

Degree number three, as the long gap indicates, is rather a time consuming process... So, much as I love the idea of being able to muse a...

Well its done. Degree number two, an MA, is finished and the dissertation handed in. On to degree number three... I will eventually get ar...

I just have to do an article on human dissection. A nut brain on the Sec Web has been trawling the internet and has found lots of reference...

Ever wanted to read a Bede manuscript from the ninth century? I thought so. These palaeography exercises are among the cleverest things I...

Astrology? Total horlix in my opinion but it was taken terribly seriously once upon a time. My research into early science frequently invo...

Another great web site! I'm not really in genealogy as the ancient Bedes live in well deserved obscurity but for one notable exception,...