Higgs Boson: Oh, So God Does Exist?

Beaker and Bunsen. Apparently, it's the most important breakthrough in physics since they smashed the atom. Now as students of astrology...

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Damien Hirst and Charles Saatchi: Market-makers

The establishment's darling Damien Hirst The king of contemporary art in Britain is Damien Hirst , who morphed from enfant terrible to ...

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The generation that won't shut up

Gustave Doré's Red Riding Hood. Usually, conversational gambits at the school gates go something like this: "How is Ermyntrude sett...

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A few more examples of Jupiter and death

Redeemer? After my last post , I thought I'd check to see what Jupiter was doing at some famous demises. Naturally, the psycho-analyst C...

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David Cameron, Jupiter and death

David Cameron with his first son Ivan in 2002. Ivan died in 2009. It's remarkable how often in families a death and a birth happen in qu...

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