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May 2013

Measuring the Speed of Light by Cheese.

Introduction This is an experiment I have considered trying for some time. To measure the speed of light it requires only a)some grated cheese (clearly hard cheeses are to be preferred) and b)a microwave oven. Here I used our old Sharp oven, and a large plate sprinkled withTesco’s mild cheddar. …

Dreaming of BH

Last night I dreamed I went to Broadcasting House again. It seemed to me I crossed the road from the Church of All Souls and pushed open the heavy bronze doors, beneath Eric Gill’s statue of Arial with it’s (supposedly) truncated genitals. I must have done this a thousand times, …