The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process: named after a conference that never happened.

Former Australian PM on his proudest achievement.

Compare and contrast.

What to say to someone driven to consider suicide by the British government's policies.

Second half.

Lovely Oscar-winning short film set in Northern Ireland. (First half.)

Neat map.

Well, that's one way of looking at it...

The current Lord Dunsany: "I think if I wasn’t a film maker, I would have to be a writer. The writer I would be, would have to be Philip K. Dick."

"While strictly speaking I had another hour and twenty-seven minutes allotted to book shopping, I found myself unable to go on. After you find the book at the top of your Life List just sitting there, what's the point of trying to beat that in a second venue?"

Christopher Priest on Robert McCrum.

So true.

Armstrong predicts permanent moonbases in their lifetime; alas, it was not to be.

The remains of Venice's Negropont.

Ignored by the people who need to know, of course.

"What I feel towards mice is naked fear."

presented by the Duke of York to Mary Isabella, wife of the fourth Duke of Rutland, in 1825.

The battle between Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

*shakes head in despair*

@stealthmunchkin is working on it.

@jonworth puts it down to general suspicion of institutions.

Ah, old tech.

#fb "I grew up wanting to be Hari Seldon, using my understanding of the mathematics of human behaviour to save civilisation. OK, economics is a pretty poor substitute; I don't expect to be making recorded appearances in the Time Vault a century or two from now. But I tried."

The world expert on elevator mathematics. "I feel like I get paid to play videogames. I watch the simulation, and I see what happens, and I try to improve the score I am getting."

Harry Reid: “It is a sad day when we cannot pass a treaty that simply brings the world up to the American standard for protecting people with disabilities because the Republican Party is in thrall to extremists and ideologues."

@ronpatz reveals all.

Not necessarily success!

Julie Philips (Tiptree biographer) on UKLG.

Because 27 EU members is not enough!