Now look, I'll admit to extreme provocation, as I raised Monty Python in the first place, but there is no excuse for the whole "Spanish Inquisition" t...

:) :) :) Right, if we're going down that route, you can't beat this. The philosopher's football match: Classic quote: Socrates scores, got a beautif...

I am getting so much enjoyment and understanding out of our forums I agree, Brian... I think the forums have made an excellent start. Considering we'...

Thanks Christina, a fascinating post. Thanks also for the link to the Graham Dolan website... that looks like a great resource. Graham has done lots o...

Wow, fabulous pictures, Andy. Noctilucent clouds are puzzling things. I've been reading more about them this morning, and there is much that we simpl...

Hi Clive, I'm pretty certain that I saw them... certainly the sky to the north west had a ghostly white appearance... it wasn't light pollution, as th...

Looks like quite a few more of the short-listed entries have made it on to the Royal Observatory video about the competition, which has just been rele...

There were windows in there back in the day too if I’m not mistaken No, you're not mistaken... they are still there! Some are covered by display case...

The aurora photo taken by Ole C. Salomonsen is my favourite of the bunch Yay! So, I think we're all agreed... that's the winner!! :)

Noticed lots of rope swinging about in the background… Wonder why Well spotted! And a great question. There aren't a huge number of photographs of th...

it seems the 2002 editions are the compact editions Can't understand why they would have released a compact edition for a book like this? It pretty m...