Glyn Morgan

A screenshot from the 1898 Insurance and Financial Gazette. The plaintiff is named as "Mr Samuel Frankenstein"; "Mr H. F. Dickens Q.C." appears on behalf of the plaintiff. Frankenstein wants his £52 back, that he paid for shares in the "Gavin House-to-House Cycle and Insurance Company Limited", which proved fraudulent.

Today I learned that, in 1898, Charles Dickens's son Henry Fielding Dickens, a barrister, prosecuted a fraudulent Insurance Office on behalf of a client called Frankenstein.

Yes but it was pronounced Fronkensteen

I wanted to share this with you. Hawaiians have a name for each phase of the moon. They were very serious about astronomy!

Programmer noir

This looks like an essential purchase!

Finally someone explains key facts about the Italian renaissance to me in my kind of language. Really loving Verity Babbs’s book..

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

Yes! Normalise this in all serialised fiction

A colourful cartoon poster advertising holidays in North Wales. The poster features a man and woman canoeing in the foreground, with a green train in the background. Behind them are illustrations of Conwy Castle, Snowdonia, and other Welsh landmarks. The text reads "NORTH WALES" in bold letters, with the tagline "UNSURPASSED IN THE VARIETY OF ITS HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS—YOU GET THERE QUICKLY BY TRAIN" at the bottom. British Railways logo is also present.

For St. David's Day, presenting this delightful British Railways poster from 1963 promoting holidays in North Wales, with artwork by Reginald Lander. "Unsurpassed in its variety" and "you get there quickly by train", it boasts. It still is, and you still can 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

You're Dead to Me - Dead Funny History - Owain Glyndŵr - BBC Sounds Wales’ rebel wizard hero.

This St David's day why not find out about Owain Glyndwr!
✅The Man
✅The Myth
✅The massive fantasy nerd
✅The incredibly gracious host
✅May have accidentally got into a huge rebellion to try to liberate Wales after a dispute with his neighbour got out of hand
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote: "The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."

Once again.

Congratulations to everyone nominated for a BSFA Award: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Beautiful diagrams from a circa 17th-century copy of Muslim polymath Ismail al-Jazarī’s *Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices*, originally published in 1206: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/arabic-machine-manuscript

☀️🌑🛰️ 2026: The year we arrive at Mercury!

After almost 8 years since its launch in 2018, BepiColombo is entering its most critical phase yet. It is about to end its interplanetary phase and initiate its Mercury approach.

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot"

HELL. YES.

Star Trek at 60 | Science Museum Boldly go where no one has gone before with our special season celebrating the 60th anniversary of Star Trek.

*Finally* able to talk about the Star Trek @sciencemuseum.org.uk team-up we are organising for the 60th anniversary! Special events, world first film season, exclusive merch, props and costumes from the Paramount archives, and more! www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/star-trek-60

"as well as expressing our frustrations with the disenchanted world, it’s also our best means for capturing the ways in which the world remains enchanted"

A futuristic illustration of a city built upwards, with buildings on top of buildings, and a railroad wrapping around it all.

A Victorian's vision of the future - by Grant E. Hamilton for Judge Magazine in 1895. What will people say of our predictions in 100+ years?

Reposting for the weekend crew, hit the link for more info, to book your free ticket to the Star Trek Lates, and buy tickets to every Star Trek film showing in our IMAX 🖖

It would certainly feel like quite the leap from stick tennis!! 😃

The classic scene from the original Legend of Zelda, a bearded sage in a cave tells Link "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." And presents him with a sword.

The original is 40 years old, released in Japan 21 Feb 1986. I didn't have a NES so only came back to the first and second games in the franchise much later, they don't have the same nostalgic pull for me.

The paper map which came with the SNES game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. It is titled Hyrule Overworld Lore and shows a cartoon image of Link and a fairy.

Zelda is 40 today. My first encounters were through Link to the Past on the SNES. I spent countless hours combing the light and dark worlds for every little secret and treasure, just looking at the map again has me humming the score.

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Aha very good!

Reposting for the weekend crew, hit the link for more info, to book your free ticket to the Star Trek Lates, and buy tickets to every Star Trek film showing in our IMAX 🖖

Today the Friends of the Merril got a bluesky account! #MerrilCollection #TPL #Toronto

A comet streaks across the Martian sky over a distant city and descending past a massive rectangular horned arch. Mountains run along the horizon like irregular plates jutting from its spine. The familiar red-orange of Martian regolith is broken by deep blue canals that wind through the landscape. In the immediate foreground, a trio of domed towers, each unique, dwarf tall slender pyramids clustered just beyond. Set above all that to the foreground right, a raised pool reflects the sky in a gray-blue gradient. A pair of bronze skinned humans sit next to it on an ivory overhang dotted with amber beads. The surface is elegantly patterned ending in a lace-like edging. One man holds an ornate mask over his face, casting a distinctly alien gaze at the viewer. In contrast, his companion cups his mask in his hand, exposing slightly elongated features in profile, as he gazes up at the contrail that crosses the sky.

DESCENT (1989)
Acrylic on Canvas - 28” x48”

When I was asked to do a new cover for Ray Bradbury's classic THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, I reread it and found I was deeply moved by the sense of inevitable tragedy that permeates the first half of the book. 1/4

#art #booksky

🇬🇧TREK @ 60 CELEBRATIONS!

London’s Science Museum announces celebrations for #StarTrek’s 60th!

- Trek themed Musuem Lates on March 26! Book your FREE ticket now!

- New Merch!

- All 13 Trek movies screening one a week from March!

⭐️INFO: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/star-trek-60...

Star Trek at 60 | Science Museum Boldly go where no one has gone before with our special season celebrating the 60th anniversary of Star Trek.

*Finally* able to talk about the Star Trek @sciencemuseum.org.uk team-up we are organising for the 60th anniversary! Special events, world first film season, exclusive merch, props and costumes from the Paramount archives, and more! www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/star-trek-60