I Married a Monster from Outer Space was a hit film of 1958. I often wonder if people who saw the film and got married in 1958—or indeed people who […]
Home truths
Things about our life which we may not sufficiently take into account.
Creatures from outer space *
Undersea creatures *
Have you ever been high up a mountain, and found yourself short of breath? That was because the air gets thinner the higher we climb. At what we call ‘sea […]
Creatures of habit *
If you’ve taken in my first and second suggested ‘Website starting points’, you may still be thinking about the strange fundamental facts of our existence. We live on a revolving […]
Living creatures *
We humans are considered alive if our heart is still beating. But how do we know that any form of life is definitely alive (not dead)? Answer: the chemicals which […]
Things being various *
However it is, there is something. And this something resists our attempts to make things fit. Snow Louis MacNeice (1935) The room was suddenly rich and the great bay-window was […]