BS: The Christmas Lectures?

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Amos
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 01:45 PM

John:

McGrath's name is not Roger.


A

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 06:25 AM

Thanks McGrath, or can I call you Roger?
I see is presented by a woman this yeasr!
surely womans job is making the dinner, tidyinhg up etc?

a few yrars ago, i bought my wife a vacum cleaner for xmas, she was not happy, is bloody cost me hundred quid, she moaning all day!
i told her piss off, she went to her mums, then i went to pub with my mates.
women moan too muvch.john

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Jeanie
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 06:18 AM

Beat me to it, McGrath ! (It takes me a long time to write all that "a href" stuff to make a blue clicky). BUT I did link to a slightly different page on the site :)
The site lists all the subjects and speakers right back to 1825/6. One that I remember particularly on there was the "Monkeys without Tails one on evolution that I saw when I was at school (slightly later than 1826 ..)

- jeanie

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Jeanie
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 06:13 AM

Yes, John, I am English. I've been surprised in the past, too, to realize that some Mudcat people I thought were American turn out to be Canadian, Australian, English etc.

More information about the Royal Institution Lectures here:
Christmas Lectures

They have been happening every year since 1826 (except for 1939-45) and one of the most frequent speakers in the early days was Faraday. The whole of that Royal Institution website makes fascinating reading.

- jeanie

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 06:07 AM

2003 Christmas Lecture series

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Penny S.
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 05:40 AM

I've seen her lecture - not bad - I bet she's doing some frantic rewrites at the moment! (Not so good with questions afterwards, but that won't be an issue with these.)

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 05:38 AM

thanks jeanie,
ps i seen you write here before, and i thought you was american!
are you english?

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Jeanie
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 05:31 AM

John: they start on 28th December Channel 4 at 1.55 p.m. - subject this year is "Voyage in Space and Time", continue every day until New Year's Day. All the other programmes except the first one start at 12.05 p.m. Speaker is Dr. Monica Grady of the Natural History Museum. She's going to talk about the Beagle 2 mission, big bang theory, solar system, liklihood of an asteroid colliding with the earth,and ask whether life-forms could exist elsewhere in the solar system. Good stuff !

I always enjoy those programmes, too.

- jeanie

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 02:08 AM

I thought this thread was about Christmas Lechers, but that's over here!

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 01:35 AM

wahts that got to do with it then?
wqaht you on about?

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Cluin
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 01:34 AM

I don't get them anymore. Now I give them:

"You kids gather up all that wrapping paper and put it in this garbage bag."

"Don't eat all that chocolate today! There's a good supper coming later."

"Driveway needs shovelling. Better do it before the cars coming over later pack it down in two humps that'll make shovelling bad all winter."

"Don't take off in all directions just yet. Take your dirty dishes over to the sink and help clear off this table. Your mom and grandma have been cooking all day. Don't leave it all for them to do!"

"Alright! Let's all have some quiet time now."


Ah memories. Just like I used to hear...

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 01:16 AM

thanks sorcha-but i havent got discovey channel, i used to have it, but you have to pay money for it, and i got skint, and cant afford it, so i sent it back, i only got the free telly now, i dont watch much telly any way, must most of it is shit, i like to watch documentries and animal programs, i like programres about lions and tigers, but they dont show them much om the free telly, i taped one before, but my video is busted now.
bbc used tpo be good, in the olden days, but its mostly crap now, all rubbish programes, not much lion and tiger prpogrammes at all, i might write to them and complain.

Subject: RE: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Sorcha
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 12:17 AM

Well, I just watched a 3+ hr Discovery Channel on the Real Jesus...facscinting, to me at least. Don't know about the Chirstmas Lectures....

Subject: BS: The Christmas Lectures?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 26 Dec 03 - 12:08 AM

Are they on TV this year?
I didn't buy a TV guide, so don't know when/if they are on,
if anyone does'nt know waht i'm on about, =every year they show them on TV at christmas time, and its about science etc, and really interesting.