India beat Namibia by 9 wickets

  ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Dubai   Namibia 132-8 , 20 ov, Wiese 26 off 25, 2 fours, Baard 21 off 21, 1 four, 1 six, Jadeja 3-16, Ravichandra Ashwin 3-20, Bumrah 2-19. India 136-1, 15.1 ov, Rahul 54* off 36, 4 fours, 2 sixes  Rohit 56 off 37, 7 fours, 2 sixes. Frylinck…

Raindance Film Festival 2021

FOR THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN FILM – A SATURN HERALD ANNOUNCEMENT. Raindance accepts feature films (over 45 minutes) short films (Under 45 mins) music videos (under 6 minutes) 360/180 films and VR/AR/MR experiences (6 Dof interactive or linear, CG or live action (under 120 min) and web series. Concluded with the UK Premiere of…

158-year-old Bridge destroyed by fire

A  158-year-old bridge built in 1863 on the river Tiber in Rome has been partially destroyed in a fire  believed to have started by a cooking gas canister in an area of shacks occupied by homeless people on the river banks.   The Bridge one of the last major construction works in Rome.

Australia beat West Indies by 8 wickets

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Group 1 Australia vs West Indies West Indies 157-7, 20 ov, E Lewis 29 off 26, 5 fours, Pollard 44 off 31, 4 fours, 1 six, Russell 18, 7 fours 1 six, Hazlewood 4-39, Starc 1-33, Cummins 1-37, Zampa 1-20. Australia 161-2, 16.2 ov. Warner 89* off 56, fours, 4…

Lockdown-busting walk into the Peak District

On a November evening in 2020 at dusk a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. Kate is in the middle of a two-week quarantine period, but she just can’t take it any more – the closeness of the air in her small house, the confinement. The Moor will be…

Technology risk losing the way we store written word

Famed across the Known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, build up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes or filled with bean bags and children’s drawings – the history of the library is rich, varied and stuffed full of incident. Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen, historians at…