The curious collection of miscellanies

     Football in 1975 This is another of my occasional series on the year 1975. This...

  Singin' in the Rain at Milton Keynes Theatre   When it comes to musicals, my two favourite shows inhabit opposite ends of the spectrum...

The White Ship, by Charles Spencer (William Collins 2011) tells the story of a shipwreck outside Barfleur Harbour in 1120. The significance ...

  This book has a bold claim on it's front; 'maps and graphics that will change how you see the world', so is it justified? The ...

 The architecture of trees I've talked before about how winter lets us see the shape of trees, without their concealing camouflage of le...