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Imagine you are young child can you get given a new picture book for your birthday the book is called Charlie the Choo Choo and it features a train. To cover looks a little different the train isn't like Thomasthe Tank Engine, its colours are little different and its face not as friendly. You turn... Continue Reading →
I was late to the The Good Place party. I had seen my wife watch a few episodes and thought it looked interesting but never really got on board with the whole series, but over time, so many people said it was great that I wound up giving it a go. And like many people,... Continue Reading →
It's a simple conjecture: Fermat's Last Theorem, formulated in 1637, states that no three positive integers (whole numbers) a, b, and c can satisfy the equation an + bn = cn if n is an integer greater than two (n > 2). There are numerous examples for when n = 2 and when written as... Continue Reading →
Around 9 years ago, I accidentally switched on a tv "morning show". The sort where there a lots of promotional pieces and fluff interviews with people trying to plug a product. Normally, I keep flicking past such channels, but on this occasion something caught my attention - they were interviewing a pair of sisters who... Continue Reading →
A different Great Moment this time. I hope I’m not the only one who has had the experience of reading a book which makes you rethink another book you’ve read. A weaker example of this would be Stephen Fry’s series on Greek myths (Mythos, Heroes & Troy) which made me reevaluate many modern stories due... Continue Reading →
I recently read Frankenstein for the first time. As a genre defining novel, it is a staggering literary achievement and one which deserves its place in the literary canon. I'm not going to discuss the misogyny or issues faced by Shelley around its publication, but rather two little points which have occupied my thinking about... Continue Reading →
Back in the mid-twentieth century, there were no email lists, websites, fan pages or online forums for people to discuss or communicate with their favourite celebrities. If you wanted to express your admiration for a celebrity the way to do it was to write to them and, if you were bold enough, ask for a... Continue Reading →
Charles Dodgson was an Oxford based mathematician who lived in the nineteenth century. He had a slight stutter and deafness in one ear from a childhood infection, and possible suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy. He loved Euclid and geometry and the grounded logic of mathematical proofs, but was not especially well regarded as an academic.... Continue Reading →
The Bubishi is sometimes referred to as the bible of karate. Such a moniker is misleading as it is not a religious text. What it is is a comprehensive manual designed for students of the martial arts. I emphasise this point because it is quite esoteric in its nature and requires interpretation to get the... Continue Reading →
In the past I've written about entire novels being lost or buried for centuries, but today I'm going to write about novels that were partially finished when their author died. People have been waiting 11 years for The Winds of Winter (by George R.R. Martin), and my wife has been waiting 20 years for the... Continue Reading →
Robert New 