Remember that rather spaced-out picture of Nelson I posted yesterday?


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Robert McCall, noted space artist and illustrator, has died at the age of 90. Still working until very recently, he may be most familiar to sf fans for the dramatic poster artwork for 2001.


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I took advantage of my very flexible working arrangements to bunk off for a couple of hours this afternoon (and then stay at work a bit later) to pop over to Piccadilly and the RA to see the Anish Kapoor exhibition. I had some sort of odd idea that it might be quiet around about 3; instead, I spent 40 minutes in the freezing cold queuing across ( Read more... )

I finally got around to taking 25 years' worth of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association to the BAA's office at Burlington House off Piccadilly. All I can say in terms of getting them there is thank goodness for solidly-constructed roller suitcases! It was also a good thing that the Royal Astronomical Society's offices, which the BAA ( Read more... )

Is anyone else interested in attending this talk in London next Wednesday evening?

Conceptions of the Mind
Speaker: Professor Fairfid M. Caudle PhD, PhD, FIET, FRSA

Conceptions of the mind have fascinated humankind since prehistoric times and have come from diverse perspectives, including philosophy, psychology, physiology, engineering, and the ( Read more... )

I've just skimmed Mann J's voluminous judgment. In a nutshell, Ainsworth was facing 3 parallel claims ( Read more... )

Today was Art Appreciation, as bugshaw and I headed off to the Hayward Gallery to catch the end of the Antony Gormley exhibition. And yes, art definitely was appreciated - we both thoroughly enjoyed it.

Blind Light, the title piece, is just as amazing as everyone says. A glass box, about ten metres square, filled with very, very dense fog. Inside, you ( Read more... )