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Authoritarianism

How I learned to despise the left and fear the bomb

12th April 2018 rattuscatchus 0

It was during an English lesson during the late 1970s – English lessons were never about spelling, grammar, creative writing, etymology, poetry or literature, always, always politics – when a short term supply teacher told [more…]

Christianity

Going to Church

28th January 2018 rattuscatchus 0

As a nipper, I was brought up in what was a fairly typical, English family. Mum, Dad, siblings and normal sorts of stuff. We were what I call typical Church of England. We all went [more…]

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Review – Dunkirk, by Rat Catcher

8th August 2017 rattuscatchus 0

It was on Saturday that Mrs. Catcher and I took the train to the imax cinema to see Dunkirk. It is quite a journey so we made a night of it and came back the [more…]

Physics

An abridged history of the atomic model

19th June 2017 rattuscatchus 0

Towards the end of the 19th century, scientists were considering the structure of the atom. The atom was deemed  to be a tiny piece of matter which helped answer questions regarding spectroscopy. Spectroscopy being the  [more…]

Engineering

Development of the Merlin Engine

11th April 2017 rattuscatchus 0

The Rolls Royce Merlin was a V12, 27 litre engine and originally was a private venture so was financed entirely by Rolls Royce and its backers. Designated the PV12 it followed the Rolls Royce trend [more…]

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Physics

The Sun – page 2 unfortunately….

27th March 2017 rattuscatchus 0

Previously, we looked at our Sun and how it works however only a small part was covered. We saw that  quantum tunneling allowed protons to fuse in conditions that classical physics – that relying only [more…]

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Physics

The Sun

28th February 2017 rattuscatchus 0

Ask anybody about the workings of the Sun and some will say that it relies on nuclear fusion for its energy output and there will be nods of agreement and then the conversation will turn [more…]

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