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Elementary, my dear Watson – Na Sodium

16th May 2023 SharpieType301 1913 Comments

Here we go once again, embarking on our explorations of the elements. Up to now, we’ve considered Hydrogen, Carbon, Mercury, Bromine, Oxygen, and Iron. We’ve also had a quick trot around a little basic chemistry, [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – Fe Iron

2nd May 2023 SharpieType301 2226 Comments

By now, you should have (happily I hope) settled into our explorations of a day in the life of the elements. So far, we’ve investigated Hydrogen, Carbon, Mercury, Bromine, and Oxygen, taken a canter through [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – O2 Oxygen

18th April 2023 SharpieType301 2324 Comments

By now, you should be getting quite used to meandering through the mesmerising memoirs of the elements. So far,  we’ve covered Hydrogen, Carbon, Mercury, and Bromine. In doing so, we’ve also covered a good chunk [more…]

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The Sore Seated Safari, Part Two

14th April 2023 Going Postal 2757 Comments

We left our travellers on the evening of September 25th, 1929, as they settled down for a night’s sleep in the village of Bereku, Tanganyika, about 37 miles north of Kondoa Irangi. Today it boasts [more…]

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More Buried Treasure

7th April 2023 Always Worth Saying 2491 Comments

Amongst a century of detritus at the BBC there lies some buried treasure. Between layers of fake news, preachy left-wing documentaries and un-funny comedy, the BBC’s iPlayer hides a gleaming gem of an old archaeology [more…]

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The Sore Seated Safari

6th April 2023 Going Postal 2587 Comments

In the cupboard to the left of my desk, sits a large cardboard box filled with old family photo albums. These arrived in my parent’s house in the early 1980s, after the death of my [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – C Carbon

7th March 2023 SharpieType301 2763 Comments

In previous articles, we’ve looked at the element Hydrogen, and at the development of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the Elements). This time, I intend to shine the spotlight on an element [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – the Periodic Table

21st February 2023 SharpieType301 2527 Comments

Behold the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the Elements). I’m pretty sure that we are all pretty familiar with this, from happy days in the school classroom if not more recently. It’s an [more…]

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Buried Treasure

17th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 2828 Comments

Amongst a century of detritus at the BBC there lies some buried treasure. Between layers of fake news, preachy left-wing documentaries and un-funny comedy, the BBC’s iPlayer hides a gleaming gem of an old archaeology [more…]

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