Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
I read with dismay the story Anti-junk mail postie loses round on the BBC news site. But my devious mind immediately turned to thoughts of how to let the post office know just how annoying junk (e)mail can be, and to my surprise very quickly found a direct email address Read more …
If you have a spare five minutes, try out the BBC’s summer fruits quiz. And no, I’m not going to tell you how many I scored (far too embarassed!)
And there was I planting cabbages and sowing carrots and radishes down on the allotment this weekend, when it seems I should really be trying my hand at something altogether more exotic. In amongst the cherry and plum trees, my next planting could well be an avocado if this article Read more …
At least where I live the robbers are polite, even if the Estate Agents aren’t!
Nice to see such a high profile source as the Guardian (OK, so it’s the East London and West Essex flavour of the same name) recognising the value of allotments. I for one can vouch that I have never seen so many types of snail and slug as there were Read more …
As Kew sees yet another titan arum flowering, Bonn Botanic Garden goes one better, with the amazing and totally unique site of three flowers emerging from the same corm. Just what have they been feeding it?