Friday mystery object #6 answer

On Friday I asked you if you could identify this critter:

It turns out that many of you could – it is indeed a

Friday mystery object #6

Once more, it’s that time of the week when I challenge you with one of the objects I work with and ask the question – “What is it?”.
I asked if people would like a change of tack with the mystery object this week, but the only feedback was from Fia, who is happy with the [...]

What is homeopathy?

My first exposure to the word ‘Homœopathic’ was at Hampton House, a hall of residence at Bristol University which was an ex-homœopathic hospital (and is now the student medical centre). All I knew was that it was a magnificent building that used to be a hospital of some sort – but I never really thought about what the [...]

Friday mystery object #5 answer

I must say that I’m impressed with this week’s response. Most of you correctly identified this skull:
It does indeed belong to a 

Friday mystery object #5

Since there was so much interest in last week’s mystery object, I’ve decided to stay with the same theme, but a different specimen.

Friday mystery object #4 answer

The mystery object I showed you on Friday was this:
The correct answer was in fact

Ouch!

Just a quick post to let everyone know that being run over by a motorbike is an unpleasant experience and I strongly recommend avoiding it. However, as always I try to make the best of these things, after all I now have a smiley face imprinted on my leg and comedy tyre-marks on my shirt [...]

Friday mystery object #4

Cool natural history stuff from the museum – a different angle (an internal one) on something familiar… can you tell what it is?

You can put your thoughts in the comments section below

Friday mystery object #3 answer

The mystery object I showed you on Friday was this:
I thought I’d try a poll with options to choose between to record opinion and I’m impressed that 50% of you got it right! It was indeed a

Failings of ‘parental intuition’

I am concerned by all the irresponsible, selfish and stupid parents of the world. The ones that upon reading this would be moved to comment along the lines of “you’re not a parent, so you don’t know anything” – because that is how arrogant and self-righteous the sort of parents I am thinking of are.

Being a parent [...]