Month: October 2017

October 30, 2017

Saturday August 8, 1829, Felix Mendelssohn and his traveling companion Karl Klingemann, took a boat

October 25, 2017

The media loves hyperbole. In some ways they remind me of ‘The end is nigh’

October 18, 2017

The media love natural disasters, even those that don’t exist. Last week (early October, 2017),

October 10, 2017

In the opening scenes of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey (1968), Neanderthal-like folk are scrounging for

October 4, 2017

Toba Lake, in northern Sumatra, occupies the ancient Toba caldera. One of its outlets, the