- Mon, 12:56: The Distinguished Medieval Penis Investigators https://t.co/l2ZranpU4n In fourteenth-century England, one of the only ways a woman could get a divorce was if her husband was impotent. But first, she had to prove it in court.
- Mon, 14:28: Why is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond Still no really satisfying answer to the question of why men don’t lactate, except that we don’t. #nwbooks https://t.co/4Mt9gltwdx https://t.co/i5wsCwMyke https://t.co/OWP8LkwpEk
- Mon, 14:44: Who Goes There (Travels through Strangest Britain, in Search of the Doctor), by Nick Griffiths This is a brilliant book, and could be enjoyed even by non-Who fans with even mild interest in southern England (and Wales). #nwbooks https://t.co/aJNby7fXnK https://t.co/o3Zt2ueJNF https://t.co/51M0hLvVr6
- Mon, 15:00: Henry IV Part 1, by William Shakespeare A good play: essentially the education of Prince Henry, under the two possibilities of ending up like the unhealthy drunk and cowardly Falstaff or the valiant young Harry Hotspur. #nwbooks https://t.co/8q4lYJ4D0W https://t.co/QUyD5DTLzv https://t.co/t9lbkcM2ki
- Mon, 15:16: Nature Girl, by Carl Hiaasen Reliably hilarious tale of Florida – less political commentary than some other Hiaasen books, compensated by even more vivid characters, only one of whom is too unpleasant to be believable. #nwbooks https://t.co/xRJbeBJmOB https://t.co/NoCSYWBn7R https://t.co/6CX66jg4mp
- Mon, 15:32: Goodnight Mister Tom, by Michelle Magorian Classic children’s novel; a lovely heart-warming book about a young boy evacuated from an abusive mother in London to the English countryside as war gets under way in 1939. #nwbooks https://t.co/tMiywThIyv https://t.co/O1cGiaek8I https://t.co/ubbNPCHEBQ
- Mon, 15:48: Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchett The first really political Discworld book. Pratchett takes on the patriarchy in quite a subversive way, while at the same time working in his characteristic humour. #nwbooks https://t.co/elzrzlr9oM https://t.co/83akeZrDTG https://t.co/CyrBTKFvyl
- Mon, 16:05: Fascinating thread on Caucasian Albanians. https://t.co/W0KVM4lZpp
- Mon, 16:20: The Black Island, by Herg� Tintin is shot and wounded on the first page, then chases a group of forgers to Scotland by a series of improbable incidents, all the while hindered by bungling detectives Thomson and Thompson. #nwbooks https://t.co/BDPojQcIAA https://t.co/dkMZskp0X1 https://t.co/sjUElJw2LK
- Mon, 16:36: Fables: Inherit the Wind, by Bill Willingham The six/seven children of Snow White compete to become the new North Wind. Nice, though the East, West and South Winds are rather unfortunate racial stereotypes. #nwbooks https://t.co/NJzXfP22Vi https://t.co/ed0SvGyhyV https://t.co/dsPGpCqm3v
- Mon, 16:52: Sugar Skull, by Charles Burns The last of the trilogy of weird graphic story books by Charles Burns which began with X’ed Out and continued with The Hive. I felt it a very satisfactory resolution to the story. #nwbooks https://t.co/9cTzSNFcnP https://t.co/Q66wYh132o https://t.co/kKZo9yQH7B
- Mon, 17:26: Kallocain, by Karin Boye Short Swedish novel published in 1940, set in a near-future totalitarian state, where the narrator, Leo Kall, invents a drug that compels people to tell nothing but the truth. #nwbooks https://t.co/jg7DBE6ii7 https://t.co/9ZfoMPFmHJ https://t.co/Sg2dkP0ljE
- Mon, 17:42: Washington, D.C.’s Vanishing Springs and Waterways, by Garnett P. Williams Brief, fact-filled, entertaining survey of the history of D.C.’s waterways: springs, streams, creeks, canals to the Anacostia and Potomac rivers. #nwbooks https://t.co/7AcnOe9ZVR https://t.co/tmOlnwULJM https://t.co/8cGK1sEbIH
- Mon, 17:58: Hardwired, by Walter Jon Williams It’s one of the early cyberpunk texts, characters struggling with evil human overlords and the rise of new technology. I got rather lost in the plot, but I liked the characterisation. #nwbooks https://t.co/nJx6980pdU https://t.co/gWHzUET2R3 https://t.co/nmaaxSmgIZ
- Mon, 18:27: Distant cousins: the artists Howard Gardiner Cushing and Lily Emmet Cushing https://t.co/IqDSyohPQl
- Mon, 23:16: RT @alexwilcock: OTD 1969: #Clangers Flying The beginning of something quite, quite wonderful. Only fascinated glimpses as a boy; always a…
- Tue, 09:10: RT @HarrocknRoll: @nwbrux “One wonders why anyone would go to the trouble of forging Belgian francs in Scotland (or indeed anywhere at all)…
- Tue, 09:10: RT @HarrocknRoll: @nwbrux …and the reason are political. Müller and his gang work for a foreign power. Operación Bernhard https://t.co/4…
- Tue, 09:30: Whoniversaries 17 November: Creature from the Pit #4, Temptation of SJS #1 https://t.co/Rob7V5EFBV
- Tue, 10:45: RT @neilhimself: I CAN CONTROL UNICORNS WITH MY MIND! https://t.co/a6MckoBFjq
I sometimes see Annotated Alice in the charity shops around here – for probably obvious reasons, a lot of people here have a copy. If I spot one shall I nab it for you?
(My own copy says “Oxfam 40p” on it, which suggests that I got it rather a long time ago!)