It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

... and wouldn’t Hind Cartwheel be a wonderful gift for someone you love?

The End of the Social Era Can’t Come Soon Enough

Actually it comes on Thursday, when we leave for three months of radio silence.

'I Don't Believe In Science,' Says Flat-Earther

...set to launch himself in own rocket (The feeling may be mutual)

Best Books of The Year Lists

All of them.

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

... and wouldn’t Between the Cartwheels be a wonderful gift for someone you love?

Why I’ve Had Enough of George Orwell

Orwell is a terrible role-model for an age that needs more serious people grappling with complexity.

The Rise and Fall of the English Sentence

The surprising forces influencing the complexity of the language we speak and write.

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

... and wouldn’t Orion’s Cartwheel be a wonderful gift for someone you love?

Mother Demands Her Son's School Take ‘Sleeping Beauty’ off the Curriculum

...because the princess doesn't give consent to be kissed and woken up by prince. (He should used his flumazenil). 

As Trump Bragged About His Wine It was Sold at Shenandoah National Park.

It’s better to talk shit and drink wine than....

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

... and wouldn’t Samurai Road be a wonderful gift for someone you love?

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

... and wouldn’t Fire Beyond the Darkness be a wonderful gift for someone you love?

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

... and wouldn’t Wagon Days be a wonderful gift for someone you love?

Slaughterbots

Coming to a theatre of war near you.

Do Civilisations Collapse?

The idea that Easter Islanders experienced an apocalyptic end makes for good television but bad archaeology.

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

... and wouldn’t Stories of the Southern Sea be a wonderful gift for someone you love?