Rabbie Burns is remembered for his literature and for the love for Scotland and her people he had, which shone within it.
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Electric Vehicles: Are They The Future?
As electric vehicle technology continues to improve, their advantages will become even more pronounced.
Realism And English Literature
Literary realism was first popularised in England by writers such as George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte and Thomas Hardy.
Dark Matter And Its Many Mysteries
Scientists have been unable to determine what types of particles make up dark matter.
Stargazing
Polaris, or the North or Pole Star, can to the naked eye appear a single star, but it is actually a triple star system.
The Benefits Of Space Exploration
Many of the technologies we rely on today, such as satellites, GPS, and communication networks, were developed as a result of space exploration.
Let’s Start The Year Off Right: These Authors Can’t Be Wrong, Can They?
Let’s start the year off by thinking about books that have a January in their title…
A Literary Walk Around London
Bloomsbury is a well-known area of the city, and associated with writers such as Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster, popular in the early 20th Century. Many writers lived and worked here – just walking around will give you a great flavour of their splendid surroundings.
The Interrupted History Of Running Water
One cannot help but wonder how technologically advanced we might be now had Western civilisation not wasted centuries developing ideas that had already been invented by our ancient ancestors.