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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: 8-14 September
I got told off again, this time for leaving the teabag in the tea cup
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
Diary Snapshot: Porridge
It can be mixed with spices or vegetables to make a savoury dish
Diary Snapshot: Acting sensibly
Sensible's distinctive appearance includes a red beret and sunglasses
Backyard holidays: Barbican, London
My Lockdown leisure walks have taken me to every corner of the Barbican's concrete wonderland. Or so I thought...
News Wall: The plan is… there’s no plan
News in pictures
Diary Snapshot: Spooks
The title is a popular colloquialism for spies...
Billy's Scrapbook 