The word anarchy was first used in 1539, meaning "an absence of government"
Diary snapshot: Boris’s Kitchen-sink anarchy
Category: ART
Art: Ted Bolt Says Relax, A Portrait
I chose to make a portrait of someone I have never even seen
News wall: Churchill’s secret guerrilla army
A sort of Dad's Army with dirty faces
Artwork Archive: Poppy Fields
The 1914-18 world war holds a place in my mind that is both comforting and disturbing
Diary snapshot: Duvet day
Duvets originated in rural Europe and were filled with the down feathers of ducks or geese
News wall: Safe-distance social care
To improve opportunities and life chances, to strengthen families and to protect human rights
Drabble: Accidental damage
She was hunched over the sink, head in hands
News wall: Test & Trace
NHS Test and Trace is an outsourced service provided to the National Health Service in England
News wall: Boris’s Brexit
‘Boris Johnson claims to have signed an international agreement by mistake’
Diary snapshot: Young Marble Giants
Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock
News wall: Chimpanzees
The biggest threats to the chimpanzee are habitat loss, poaching, and disease
Diary snapshot: Spelunking
The recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems
News Wall: Weeds
A plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place"
News Wall: Venus
It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty
Diary Snapshot: Surveillance methods
The modern theodolite has evolved into what is known as a Total Station
Diary Snapshot: Shaving
Historically, head shaving has been used to humiliate, punish and show submission
News Wall: Boris to break the law
Will he shift position? Don’t put your pension pot on it.
Diary snapshot: Ruth Davidson
A woman of baronial rank
Diary snapshot: Broadband issues
Read the full Diary. In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals and traffic types. The medium can be coaxial cable, optical fibre, radio or twisted pair. In the context of internet access, broadband is used to mean any high-speed internet access that is always on and faster than dial-up access … Continue reading Diary snapshot: Broadband issues
News Wall: Woolly mammoths
Read the full story. The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning with Mammuthus subplanifrons in the early Pliocene. The woolly mammoth began to diverge from the … Continue reading News Wall: Woolly mammoths
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