May 15, 2011 – Joe Dunckley

Creationism: not such a big deal in the UK after all

This entry was posted in Science and tagged creationism pseudoscience skepticism on May 15, 2011 by Joe

This is another archival repost, originally written on the old blog in feb 2009, during the Darwin 200 celebrations. For eight years, the United States was the brawling village idiot of the developed world, so far as Europe seemed to be concerned. But in Britain, we are constantly reminded that, […]

AWWTM: Car-free holidays: Porthmadog by train

This entry was posted in at war with the motorist and tagged car-free holidays holidays north wales rail railcards snowdonia wales on May 15, 2011 by Joe

The British have a bizarre habit of going on holiday by car, as though rolling down a bland motorway and sitting in smelly smoggy traffic jams to queue for car-park blighted destinations is an attractive way to spend leisure time. Previously I’ve given a couple of suggestions for really simple […]