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Babbage’s Difference Engine at the Science Museum

With Helen going back to school this week, I haven’t had much time to take photographs recently. Having studied my memory cards and the images on my phone, I think this picture, taken at the Science Museum in London, is the best I have. It’s an image of Babbage’s Difference Engine. Essentially, this is a

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Entertaining a teenager. How does one do it?

There’s a certain air of anticipation in our household right now. Tomorrow we shall be entering new and uncharted territory; my teenaged nephew will be flying in from the USA to stay with us for a few days. This is a whole new world to us. We’re used to entertaining young children. We inhabit a

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The impact of museums on a young, impresionable mind

Just after Christmas I took my five year old daughter into London to visit the Natural History Museum and Buckingham Palace,. It would have been nice if the rest of the family could have joined us but our baby had chickenpox and my wife drew the short straw and stayed at home to look after

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