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St. Paul’s Cathedral is in the dense heart of the City of London, but since 2000 there has been a bracingly open way to approach it: along the Thames in one of the river buses, then, from the Globe Theatre on the south bank, across the Millennium Footbridge.
There is a place called Cheam, Continue reading “How I spent spring-equinox day”
Whenever I have to carry a cardboard box, Continue reading “Boxing Day”
Whenever I have to carry a cardboard box, Continue reading “Boxing Day”
The Queen’s House, which we visited and talked about yesterday, is the jewel in the crown of Greenwich, according to one of the posters advertizing that it is now open.
Today, because of having become members of what’s called Royal Museums Greenwich, we had a preview of this palace, about to be opened to the public after more than a year of restoration.
Thank heaven for science. Or thank the enlightened government departments that support it.
Ants infesting a sooty tern chick. Continue reading “Scientists and Yellow Crazy Ants”
Apple pays five one-thousandths of a percent in taxes.
