Palm Sunday crosses
16th Century

‘Agua ai cordi’

It’s a tradition in the Catholic church that on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, worshippers are given little crosses made from palm leaves. They commemmorate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, when followers strewed palm leaves [more…]

America

Rocketry

An article on the role some Erics played in the American rocket program has been beckoning me for a year or three. Everyone has heard of Operation Paperclip whereby in 1945 German scientists, some with [more…]

Computing

Waymo

Dearest Postalliers, I bring you a vision of the future from San Francisco: the Waymo autonomous taxi. If you haven’t already heard of them, Waymo is the driverless taxi service in San Francisco set up [more…]