DACE Memorial Blog

Universities, adult education, Astronomy and Physics, clattery atonal music plus anything else that takes my fancy

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Toledo, take 0

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We (Margaret and I) followed Michael Scot to Toledo in Spain. Well, we travelled eight centuries after him and by train but his memory took ...
Friday, 13 June 2025

Toledo, take 2

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The original idea for this blog stemmed from the character of the old Department of Adult and Continuing Education (DACE), and the increasi...
Tuesday, 3 September 2024

Palermo

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"next stop: Toledo" I wrote, eagerly anticipating the continuation of the Michael Scot trail. Melrose was great fun but it yield...
Monday, 15 April 2024

William Blake

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The Michael Scot trail continues to lead in all sorts of amusing directions. I believe Scot's prominence in history, beyond academic tre...
Monday, 1 April 2024

K-Pop

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I was fascinated by this account from the BBC: How jealous 'super fans' try to dictate their idols' private lives . Fans of the ...
Friday, 26 January 2024

Green banks

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Greenbank Garden is a National Trust for Scotland property on the very south edge of Glasgow, actually in East Renfrewshire council ar...
Monday, 6 November 2023

Gerald Balfour; H P Lovecraft

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This splendid portrait by G F Watts shows Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (1853-1945). Balfour was a Conservative MP from 1885...
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