by David West | Mar 5, 2024 | News
On 5th March 1616 De revolutionobus orbium coelestium, by Nicolaus Copernicus was placed on the Catholic Forbidden Index. The problem with Copernicus’s book is that it contained the results of his astronomical observations, which were that the Earth revolves around...
by David West | Mar 2, 2024 | News
Watching QIXL recently I learnt about a number of very famous spies. I don’t mean a spy like Kim Philby or Anthony Blunt, I mean a spy like Noel Coward, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn or Josephine Baker. The advantage of these famous stars in espionage terms, was...
by David West | Mar 1, 2024 | News
On 1st March 1579 Francis Drake captured the Spanish treasure ship, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción off the coast of Peru. This was during his circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard his ship the Golden Hind in...
by David West | Feb 29, 2024 | News
It’s that time of the month again when Red Herrings, the CWA’s bulletin, drops through the letterbox. Our chair, Vaseem Khan, tells a hilarious story about an American writer’s use of TikTok. The writer shall remain nameless but apparently a member of his (I’m...
by David West | Feb 27, 2024 | News
On Friday I was in Oxford at the annual Joe Todd Dinner in my old college, St. Edmund Hall. Joe was a wonderful man and an inspiring tutor in engineering science. To honour his legacy, his students contributed to a fund which annually helps fund research projects...
