The hidden dangers of cycling
2012-01-10
A reprint of ‘The hidden dangers of cycling’ by A. Shadwell, M.D., first published in the National Review of 1897.
Law-breaking among cyclists: perception vs reality
2012-01-10
The public perception of law-breaking among cyclists, how this arises and persists through cognitive biases, and some consequences for campaigners.
Polystom
2011-12-29
A review of Adam Roberts’ 2003 novel Polystom: “Easy travel to other planets has been one of the dreams of science fiction—perhaps the dream. But everything we’ve learned about the universe has only made it clearer how much just this dream is an illusion.”
The Clockwork Rocket
2011-12-27
All right-thinking people are aesthetic relativists, and for us this means that there’s a lacuna in most reviews: who’s to say, for example, that “characterization” is an appropriate yardstick to judge the work under examination?
A foolish consistency
2011-12-25
We all know why literature should be consistent—to help our willing suspension of disbelief—but might there be positive literary effects from an artful application of inconsistency?
Five minute foreshadowing
2011-12-21
What links J. J. Abrams’ 2009 film Star Trek with Christopher Tolkien’s History of the Lord of the Rings?
Emitremmus
2011-10-30
An autumn ride from Stevenage.
Tour of Britain
2011-09-17
In which we go to Bury St Edmunds to see the start of stage 7 of the Tour of Britain.