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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Borrowed words

Tingo, nakkele and other wonders. English is a rich and innovative language. But you can't help feeling we're missing out. While English speakers have to describe the action of laughing so much that one side of your abdomen hurts (hardly an economical phrase), the Japanese have

Rare books online

Original Alice work in 3D online. The original handwritten manuscript of what became Alice in Wonderland has been put online using software to virtually turn the pages. Alice's Adventures Under Ground, by Lewis Carroll, is the latest 3D addition to the British Library's Turning the Pages

Satellite archaeology

Internet maps reveal Roman villa Latest technology proved an unexpected aid to unearthing the past when an Italian man decided to look at internet maps of his home. Computer programmer Luca Mori found the remains of an ancient Roman villa when he browsed Google Earth maps showing satellite images of

Coldplay!

Went to the Coldplay concert at Riverport on Saturday night, it was fantastic! The best part was when the band played "Yellow." 2ft yellow balloons filled with yellow streamers were bounced across the crowd, at least thirty of them. It was the largest concert I've ever

Ctrl-Alt-Del

I've been having trouble writing my NaNoWriMo plot for this November. It was going to be a sequel to last year's story and nothing would gel. So I've ditched it, the secondary roommate character is now the lead, and it's going to

Knit one, dream two

Got a new Knit Picks catalog and a new Patternworks catalog recently. Must resist temptation! Why don't these places sell blocks of uninterrupted time to go with the yarn and patterns? Figured out why I seem to have so much yarn for Faina's scarf. Pattern asked

Good sci-fi

Dr Who praised at TUC conference. Writers have praised BBC One hit sci-fi series Doctor Who at the TUC annual conference in Brighton, in a call for more funding for UK TV productions. It showed there was "still an audience for quality family entertainment", the Writers'

Knit Club

I only got two rows of knitting done on my Prairie Shawl on Saturday, but I did teach Terri how to knit and purl, how to fix a dropped knit and purl stitch, how to recognise which is which, and a few different ways of holding needles and yarn. She

Celebrating Agatha

The mystery of Agatha Christie. A campaign is under way to champion the work of British crime writer Agatha Christie. But with two billion books sold worldwide, why bother? The best-selling fiction author of all time, named as such in the Guinness Book of Records, should need no publicity

Signs of Friday

* The song lyrics going through your head are badly wrong (Ballad of San Francisco by Caedmon's Call - "I love anonymity and I love eating carrots just the same as anybody else."). * Saturday is already planned in detail (breakfast, knitting morning, swimming with Rox and Eric). * Your

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