This is an index and summary of the things I’ve talked about over the last month. Links for multi-post subjects go to the first post (even if it’s before this month), you can follow the internal navigation links from there.<\/p>\n
“Isaac Asimov Presents Great SF Stories #10 (1948)” ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg<\/a>. Anthology of the best short stories of 1948. Part of Read All the Fiction<\/a>, boxed up.<\/p>\n “Shadow of Night” Deborah Harkness<\/a>. Sequel to an urban fantasy where the protagonists have travelled back to 1590, so this instalment is more historical fantasy. Library book.<\/p>\n “Nemesis” Isaac Asimov<\/a>. Science fiction set in a mid-distance future where some of humanity is living permanently on space stations and interstellar travel is just beginning. Part of Read All the Fiction<\/a>, boxed up.<\/p>\n “A Memory of Light” Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson<\/a>. Last book of the Wheel of Time series. Library book.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 4<\/p>\n “China: The Three Emperors 1662-1795” eds. Evelyn S. Rawski & Jessica Rawson<\/a>. Exhibition catalogue from a 2005 exhibition at the Royal Academy, covering the art collection of the three Qing Dynasty Emperors the Kangxi Emperor, the Yongzheng Emperor and the Qianlong Emperor.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 1<\/p>\n Star Trek Into Darkness<\/a>.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 1<\/p>\n Architectural Details<\/a> – a series of photos taken in Cambridge.<\/p>\n Baboon<\/a>.<\/p>\n Motion<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pharaoh<\/a>.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 3<\/p>\n Absolute Zero<\/a>. In Our Time episode about absolute zero, both what it is and the history of the scientists trying to achieve it in the laboratory.<\/p>\n Gnosticism<\/a>. In Our Time episode about Gnosticism.<\/p>\n Pitt-Rivers<\/a>. In Our Time episode about Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers, the man whose collection forms the basis of the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford.<\/p>\n Water<\/a>. In Our Time episode about the chemical nature of water.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 4<\/p>\n EEG Visit to the Petrie Museum<\/a>. A trip to the Petrie Museum by members of the EEG where we were given a tour & a talk by Wolfram Grajetzki about Lahun.<\/p>\n “Mummies, Asps and Far Too Much Eye Make-up: Ancient Egypt in the Cinema” John J. Johnston.<\/a> Talk given at the EEG meeting in May, about films featuring Ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 2<\/p>\n Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror<\/a>.<\/p>\n Doctor Who: Nightmare in Silver<\/a>.<\/p>\n Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor<\/a>.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 3<\/p>\n Archaeology: A Secret History<\/a>. Richard Miles presenting a series about the history of archaeology.<\/p>\n Brazil with Michael Palin<\/a>. Palin travels round Brazil.<\/p>\n Chivalry & Betrayal: The Hundred Years War<\/a>. Programme about the Hundred Years War between England & France, presented by Janina Ramirez.<\/p>\n Guts: The Strange and Mysterious World of the Human Stomach<\/a>. Programme about the human digestive system presented by Michael Mosley, involving internal cameras amongst other things.<\/p>\n The Last Days of Anne Boleyn<\/a>. Part of the BBC’s Tudor Court Season, a programme where seven experts discuss what is known and what is conjectured about the fall of Anne Boleyn.<\/p>\n Ice Age Giants<\/a>. Alice Roberts talking about the large animals that lived during the ice age, complete with CGI recreations.<\/p>\n Panorama: North Korea Undercover<\/a>. Programme about North Korea, partly filmed inside North Korea itself.<\/p>\n Wild Arabia<\/a>. Nature show about the wildlife & people living in Arabia.<\/p>\n Wonders of Life<\/a>. Brian Cox series about life – mostly about the physics & chemistry behind it.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is an index and summary of the things I’ve talked about over the last month. 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