Yes Prime Minister!
Jim Hacker Don’t tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country, the Guardian is read by people who think they ought to …
Category: Lighter Things
A little mathematical joke
Click here. This however is not in the slightest bit funny.
Hänsel und Gretel [de]
Three days to go to the elections in Austria, so here’s the first of a series of posts to bring you the best of Austria and German language culture. We’ll start with the phenomenal Otto Walkes. Even if your German …
End of the World Postponed
Until at least next Spring… The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva will be shut off until spring 2009 while engineers probe a magnet failure. The incident on 19 September caused a tonne of liquid helium to leak out into the …
Palin / Clinton Press Conference
A magnificent spoof from Saturday Night Live: Hat-tip Play Political
On Dostoevsky
Quote of the week award must, must, go to Bishop Alan who has this to say on Rowan’s new book on Dostoevsky: Think about it. Rowan Williams on Dostoevsky could take longer to read than it did to write. Brilliant!!!! …