Glacial ages, climate changes, and the first humans (London and Me – supplement)

Ice, ice, baby and then not. It should come as no surprise to any of you who are at all familiar with geology – even if that comes only from reading my brief sketches of that complex science – that …

Notes on the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 (London and Me addendum three)

Four rounds for a third time. Nine cities had submitted bids to host the Olympics in 2012 but a technical evaluation reduced that number to five – London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris – before the voting actually began. …

Notes on the XIV Olympiad – London 1948 (London and Me addendum two)

The big picture. The year 1948 marked the return of the Olympic Games following a 12 year hiatus during World War II. These were known as the “Austerity Olympics” mainly because no new venues – including no Olympic Village –  …