The most unpleasant politician, Mandelson, gone. The Prince of Darkness is not being resurrected from this one.

Still, a magnificent European Commissioner.

BTW is he still a St. Catherine's donor.

Tonite

https://www.brickbybrick.com/

The first Bibles had no punctuation.

Must have been terribly boring,

Even worse: the first Bibles had no punctuation, capital letters, vowels or spaces. Reading them was a task for a cryptologist.

Typesetters were in short supply in those days. 

Hob-nobbing time.

https://pen.org/escambia-county-florida ... ooks-list/

Even Ayn Rand and Sylia Plath ..

ChatGPT-5 has become less of a toy and more of a partner in math research for me. While many of my colleagues still prefer to laugh at its mistakes and strange answers, my own experience this past month proved to be quite different (and surprisingly meaningful). How exactly can the model help a mat...

if I had 1 French franc for each useless new feature MS comes up with...

CH frank, better.

Yes, I understand your points (both JB and Cuchulainn). A few days ago, I happened across this in a used bookstore - pristine condition and  useful for both mathematical physics and physical mathematics. Ostensibly, it would help with the curvaceous coastal topologies of Ireland and Scotland, as we...

There was a time when the Irish (Scoti) held swathes of land there and civilised the Picts. Dal Riada.
Let's take it back. Northumbria is also very nice.

 

RTÉ Statement: 2026 Eurovision Song Contest  https://about.rte.ie/2025/09/11/rte-statement-2026-eurovision-song-contest/#:~:text=It%20is%20RT%C3%89's It is RTÉ’s position that Ireland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if the participation of Israel goes ahead, and the final dec...

Trump Doonbeg to host Irish Open in 2026

https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2025/0910 ... n-in-2026/

Dodsrit plays in Atlanta GA 24 September.