The Time Machine, Brave New World, 1984: these weren’t the first dystopian novels. There's an interesting history of Victorian and Edwardian literature looking at the impact of modernity on humans and finding it worrying. Today in pulp I look at some early dystopian books…

The autumn issue of the BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Welsh Bulletin will be winging its way to members soon. Including articles on Green-winged Orchid, Carex magellanica, Bird's-nest Orchid & more The front cover is the 2nd Carmarthenshire record of Coralroot, or Deintwraidd (c) Lee Thompson

When I flew by Uranus in 1986, my readings of its magnetosphere confounded scientists – but new analysis shows that it was all a cosmic coincidence and that, if I arrived just a few days earlier, I'd have observed a completely different environment: go.nasa.gov/3YIaLKD -V2

What created an unusual dark streak in Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas's tail? Some images of the bright comet during mid-October not only caught its impressively long tail and its thin anti-tail, but a rather unexpected feature: a dark streak in the long tail. The reason for the dark

STEM wythout HEART ys dystopia. For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativity, historyes, love of language, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & the unquantifiable arts. We must expand higher educacioun yn HEART: H umanityes E thiques A rtes R hetorique & the crafte of T eaching

Cesar Romero in a unbelievable shot as the Joker on Batman in 1966

From silkworkers and ale-sellers to bookmakers, agricultural labourers and medical practitioners, women had employment in a variety of roles across medieval society. Learn more in today's blogpost! #MedievalWomen blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Country diary: A little miracle lurking in a bigger one | Country diary theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Exciting FREE Audio Adventures are coming soon... Find out what to expect and what's available NOW! gerryanderson.com/5-releases-to-…

40 years ago, Voyager 2 found something strange at Uranus. Now scientists think it was one big coincidence skyatnightmagazine.com/news/voyager-2…

This is the sort of rubbish being sold on Etsy.

Today in pulp I'm looking back at a very popular (and collectable) form of art: Micro Leyendas covers!

In 2 weeks (26 Nov) I'll be speaking for Ecclsoc in London. This will be a one-off talk looking at myths connected to churches - inc. leper squints (pictured). The event is in memory of the architectural historian Geoff Brandwood. Tickets are online now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/geoff-brandw…

We have another public open evening tomorrow! Dr Becky Smethurst will give a talk titled "It’s not easy growing a supermassive black hole". Doors open at 6:30, and stargazing will follow (if the clouds allow). The talk will also stream on YouTube: youtube.com/live/Zcx13GzEV…

I shall be investigating my Werewolf folklore as some commentators are saying that a Wolfman and a Werewolf are different entities. Better not add to the confusion by telling them that there are other Were animals such as crocodiles.

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