If you are familiar with the work of William Topaz McGonagall, I apologise for reminding you about it. If not, then read on, and prepare to be amazed by the sheer inability of the man. As a poet he is unequalled. His work is so bad that it has become legendary, and he has… Read More

  The Darwin Awards, named in honour of the evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin, commemorate those who improve the human gene pool by removing themselves from it. That is to say, the recipient is someone who dies as a result of their own stupidity. Needless to say, the award is always given posthumously!   Take, for… Read More

  Archaeologists spend a lot of time digging things up. I like, on occasion, to state the obvious! As the science of archaeology has evolved over the last century, existing techniques have improved, and new ones developed, that enable artefacts to be dated with reasonable accuracy. Dendrochronology can be used to date wood through tree… Read More

  The 26th June 2013 was a monumental day in aviation history. “Why, what happened?”, I hear you say. Well, I’ll tell you. But in order to do so we need to go back over 140 years, to the 1st January 1874. On this day in Leutershausen, Bavaria, to Karl and Babetta Weisskopf, was born a… Read More