Piero della Francesca [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
One of Caroline’s favourite carols:
In memory of Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd October 1957 – 3rd January 2022
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Hobbies
Christmas Crossword No. 201
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a Christmas GP mug AND keyring. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 200 and a £20 [more…]
Mathematics
The Infinity of the Primes
Euclid’s Elements, Book IX, Proposition 20. Theorem : Prime numbers are more than any assigned multitude of prime numbers. That is, there are infinitely many primes. Proof : Suppose that there are primes : Let [more…]
Literature
A Nativity Story
Somewhere high above the earth, in what, at that time would have been called ‘the heavens’ was a light, a light with a purpose. The purpose of this light was to guide the various characters [more…]