Another of those scary things the future is bringing may well be human telepathy. In Germany, Hans Peter Salzmann has been given a brainwave monitoring device that allows him to type out messages using nothing but the power of thought. Now it might be nice to actually have a quiet coach on the train that’s…

Rufus Wainwright’s Making Movies of Myself. The song’s good, but I like the interesting image he conjures about people unable to avoid creating scenes. If I made a movie about myslef it would have to be a Clouseau film. My lamentable clumsiness is legendary, and at least as catastrophic.. And my cat’s called Kato…

This recipe is just ridiculously easy. You need: A decent size punnet of open cup mushrooms TBLSP on butter I clove crushed garlic teaspoon dried tarragon 5 nests of tagliatelli Pr-heat the oven to 200 degrees Roughly chop the mushrooms – but not too small. But the butter in a bowl with the garic and…

It was a talk about my one saving grace. That’s not public speaking, it’s swimming. This is me on my first swimming trip to Germany. I was a shy wonky, awkward child. Hideously clumsy, not very good at sport, and pretty sickly. I was one of those kids that always had a bad chest, my…

Well, it finally happened. I’m not quite sure what to say about it all just  yet, except it was a wonderful day. Mark puts it very well here.

This book is very interesting. The main argument is that it’s worth considering that what we’ve lost, what we’ve forgotten is hugely important to who we are and how we got here. There are some things about my life I deeply miss, Grandparents, John Mcenroe in his prime, watching Pebble Mill with Mum, new episodes…

So it’s Interesting on Saturday. I’m getting more excited than is normal, and I want to enjoy the day as much as I can. This means I don’t want to miss out on meeting anyone – too many times I’ve rolled into a building and shyly hidden in a corner –   only to find out…

Lauren tagged me ages ago, so it’s about time I got around to putting down five blogs that make me think. Now there are far more than five, and you all know who you are, so I’m going to choose some that give me a slightly different perspective on stuff….. Fake it until you make…

Ray Kurzweil’s ideas sound daft at first – but before you dismiss him, consider the following: In the the 1970’s he invented programmes to analyze patterns in composers music and make new scores in their own style. In 1984 he made the first electronic gizmo that could perfectly mimic acoustic instruments (Stevie Wonder suggested it).…