Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon

 I should have mentioned this sooner, since we're already into the dregs of May, but some of you might be interested in joining Media De...

 Here's another shot of the frog, caught today in an uncharacteristic burst of sunshine: I was pleased to compare it with this picture t...

 This isn't the first one I've seen in the pond this year, but it's the first one that's let me get close enough to take a p...

 As mentioned here and there in the comments, Subterranean Press will be publishing a new collection from me in October, entitled Belladonna...

 Over at Concatenation, Jonathan Cowie very kindly invited me to select a list of my favorite scientists born in the twentieth century. I fo...

 This excellent bird book was a family favorite in the 1970s. I believe it was purchased on a holiday in Barmouth, North Wales. It came back...

 Robert Fripp in a beard playing a ZZ Top cover. (Toyah and Robert's Sunday Lunch videos have been one of the few bearable things about ...