This is utterly barking! I'll explain why when I've had a moment to find my way back to reality
Thinking of my grandfather, Roy, who died 85 years ago during the Battle of Crete. He was a Warrant officer with the Welch regiment.
I can't be the only one that read this news story and went out and got a copy of the book in question! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
So here we go. Headlined by most media (but not all, see below) as “Wow, we never knew a stone at Stonehenge came from Scotland, and now we know it got there in a glacier”, this story began today with a press release from Curtin University, Australia 1/20
www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-r...
4th "Indicators of global climate change" study - discussion period has closed early.
17 May "Status: open (until 08 Jun 2026)"
2nd June "Status: final response (author comments only)"
I am shocked, shocked that this has happened (again)!
#EarthSystemScienceData
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Fantastic memories of them filming A Very Peculiar Practice in my halls of residence at Birmingham uni, being allowed to stay in our room while Peter Davison (in pjs) filmed in the corridor - and being told to be quiet as we made too much noise - and chatting to the nuns in a stairwell!
RIP the great Micheal Keating. The heart and soul of Blake's 7, he played cowardly con-man Vila Restal (my favourite character) with a beautifully world-weary charm, and perfect comic timing. He and Paul Darrow's Avon made one of the all-time great double acts.