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Extra Time

August 16, 2024 Longrider 6

A 25 hour day. Oooh excellent news. What will I do with it? Days on Earth are slowly getting longer as the moon gradually drifts away from […]

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Facile

August 15, 2024 Longrider 7

Some women on dating apps get precious about height. Now it seems they are taking it a step further. ChatGPT has already been used to write essays, tell […]

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And Right On Cue…

March 24, 2024 Longrider 22

Peter Hitchens whines about the clocks going forward. People will do the weirdest things if they can be persuaded that they are normal. It is as […]

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In Which I Agree…

July 10, 2023 Longrider 11

With the Guardian. I won’t. I hate reviewing stuff. I can barely muster enough opinions to write this column once a week, let alone generate […]

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Take Cover

March 12, 2023 Longrider 2

Boom! A newly detected asteroid has a very small chance of impacting the Earth in 2046, Nasa tweeted on Tuesday. Oh, so maybe not that […]

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Silly Goose

April 1, 2022 Longrider 18

What’s good for the goose and all that. Russia has accused Ukrainian helicopters of attacking an oil facility inside Russia after flying 25 miles undetected […]