So when I was working on my history essay just now (it's due tomorrow), I realised that I need to do a bit more research. Talk about last minute. I keep forgetting when I plan assignments that writing always reveals holes in research ( Read more... )

In The City in History today, the lecturer talked about the shape of medieval cities - how many of them had their buildings clustered towards the centre and along the roads to the gates, with gaps along the walls between the gates. He said that this meant "many medieval towns had the form of starships. FISH. StarFISH ( Read more... )

Isn't it funny how things that you find so interesting can be really hard to do when you have to do them ( Read more... )