Want to get something off your chest? Not a catholic? In Edinburgh between the 11th and 15th August 2008? Then why not pop along to St Patrick’s Church and talk to a real live catholic priest, for free.
No tithing required. All confessions subject to the discretionary whims of the catholic church. [...]

They seek him here, they seek him there…
One of the benefits of working where I do, I have access to some really interesting sources of research. And one of those is physicist Professor Peter Higgs, author of a number of papers on symmetry, gauge fields and massless particles in the 1960s where he first [...]

Thanks to Black Sun for alerting me to this example of wingnuttery on my doorstep.
From the AP (via MSNBC):
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Donovan, famous for ’60s pop hits such as “Hurdy Gurdy Man” and “Mellow Yellow,” has announced plans to open the Invincible Donovan University, where students will adhere to the principles of transcendental meditation [TM].
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Donovan [...]

I was wandering around my place of work earlier today, and I came across a glossy leaflet, obviously left deliberately, intended for some poor sucker student to pick up. I saved them the bother, and took it myself. Don’t worry, I’ll recycle.
The leaflet, entitled Intelligent Design, lists a number of meetings for talks [...]

After attending the Brights’ meetup that I mentioned the other day, I thought that I’d write a small bit about the impressions that I got from it.
I first heard of the Brights movement a number of years ago. When I heard the term, I must admit that I was sceptical about the use of [...]

Just a reminder that there’s a Brights’ meetup in Edinburgh at Doctors Bar tomorrow (Tuesday 28th at 7.30pm).
This will be my first time meeting other Brights, and I’m not sure what to expect. I’ll report back when I learn more.
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