Daphne's chain of events

Here's the chain of events: The Yorkshire Post publishes an article on Justine Picardie's Daphne , which BrontA biographer Julie Barker sees and brings to Justine Picardie's attention, who links to it on her ...

Hari Kunzru to Philip Pullman: writers and politicians pick the best reads of 2008

Joseph O'Neill's Netherland is a melancholy and controlled novel about cricket. There aren't many of those around.

The best books for Christmas

As midsummer approaches, what better moment to celebrate a magnificent year for the nation's fiction? Australian fiction, that is.

Yamaha Scooters and Its History

The Yamaha Motor Company began production of Yamaha Scooters in 1955 and started exported the first models of Yamaha Scooters to the United States in 1960.

Carnivalesque 45 - a blog carnival of Ancient and Medieval findings

Lots of people are talking conferences - it's a way of not thinking about grading, of course.

Criss cross catalogs

It is interesting to look at the variety of ways in which newer catalog/discovery layer deployments are linking to third party services.

To get star time, astronomers used sidereal clocks

'Hey, there's a deer!' There's a tendency to say that when we see one of those magnificent mammals near or on the roadway.

Big boys' toys

Turn an old machine into a new, mean machine. WHY a Vespa? Because your uncle gave you a ride on one 20 years ago and the memory still brings a smile to your face.

Costa Books Awards shortlists announced

The UK coffee shop chain Costa announced the shortlists for the 2008 Costa Book Awards.

Letter to mother earns Times man place on premier book prize shortlist

A Times writer has been shortlisted for a leading literary prize for a book that started out as a letter to his mother.