Tarquin 'Howling Mad' Holmes
@tarquinhh
Oxford Law Research Admin, dabbler in history, philosophy & sociology of the life sciences & medicine.
My favourite plaque from the Helsinki Museum is admittedly the one that asks 'why did cave bears and Neanderthals take the L?'
Very naïve and socially detrimental, but also with very longstanding support among Anglophone elites.
Many Rallidae are cryptic in behaviour, but some of them, such as this Brown Wood Rail, seem to be edging over into cryptid.
Oh, he's still at Whitby, he's just hiding in another infernal disguise.
"England is nothing more than a cartographer's conspiracy" The cartography in question:
Quite the amusing introductory chat-up line from Hitchcock
Well, my wife also, but don't know anyone else who watched it.
Recent student piece on how archaic Oxford exams remain: cherwell.org/2026/05/27/o...
If the writers of Spaceballs 2 are on the mark they'll make it that this time the Spaceballs are stealing the oceans rather than atmospheres of planets in order to run their orbital data centre.
In fairness, less than a fortnight ago night time temperatures in parts of southern England were hovering around freezing. Going from 14 degree highs to 33 degree highs in 10 days is pretty jarring
"If you have Level 5 security clearance, you qualify to handle this document"
The embarrassment when you put on Incantation - Onward to Golgotha (anti-Christian) for your congregation, when you meant to put on Mortification - Scrolls of the Megilloth (pro-Christian)