Richard Dawkins and P.Z Myers In Conversation

Last night the BHA hosted  and armchair conversation between Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers.  After roughly half the audience had entered the room, a handful of protesters pushed their way in and onto the stage. Initially mistaken for religious loons, they eventually made it clear they were protesting Dawkins’ involvement in the New College of …

Dandelion wine – or – That was Easter Monday

Making dandelion wine is a messy business; First you have to collect ~400 grams of flowers, then you have to separate out the petals: Then boil them all up with sugar, raisins and some orange peel: And then hope it ferments into something nice. Fingers crossed, that in six months to a year, we’ll have …

Something’s crawling in my hair.

It’s a flying ant day here in London. The parks and pavements have been covered in large, brownish, winged & wingless females looking for somewhere to start a new colony. Winged garden ant female after nuptial flight. Wingless female garden ant, after nuptial flight. Stubs of wings visible on second body segment. Some of the …