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‘Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Johnny Mercury show. My guests tonight, brought together for your entertainment and pleasure are; William Forsythe the outspoken MP for Lewisham who has just published a cookbook for gay men living alone; RockaBubba the controversial hip-hop trio who, depending on what news you follow, are a […]

Damascus shone in the golden glow of a late November sun. The crowd, made up of men and a few women filling the City Square, were raucous, shrill, and committed to the overthrow of President Assad and his government. “Assad out, Assad out, Assad out” was chanted in Arabic and written in English on placards […]

The giant planet had been expanding across the horizon for weeks, its broiling atmosphere, gaseous bands, and brown and yellow colours vivid in the crystal transparency of space. There was a raw beauty in its overwhelming size but it was the third moon, Thea, that held the hopes, fears, and ambitions of crew and passengers. […]

I remember it being hot. Hermosillo baked in early afternoon sunshine, the heat releasing smells and tastes of Mexico. Frenetic and unpredictable traffic gave off a hydrocarbon haze and a wall of noise; car horns sounding like nocturnal jungle animals. I was lightheaded but alert with that feeling unique to the traveller’s first taste of […]

‘Two bloody shopping days left and I’ve got nothing for anybody yet,’ I mumble. The high street is awash with people intent on fulfilling their Christmas destinies. A persistent drizzle drenches the scene lending it a drabness at odds with the festive lights and sounds. Negotiating the slow moving crowd of shoppers snuffs out any […]

‘Look, it’s simple. If you connect batteries positive to negative you’re connecting them in series. That means the amps stay the same and you add the voltages of the component batteries to get the voltage. On the other hand if you connect them in parallel, that is positive to positive and negative to negative, the […]

‘Try slowing it down.’ The technician adjusted a few settings on her console and the audio squeak changed to a whine. As the frequency dropped further, discrete pulses could be discerned. ‘Well, it’s not speech and it’s not music. Any ideas?’ said the General looking around the table. A nervous cough caught the group’s attention: […]