Gnomon's Solo Edited Entries - Classified
Created | Updated Jan 19, 2024
Solo Entries (written entirely by me)
Note: some entries may be listed more than once, in different categories.
- The Greek Alphabet
- Ogham - an Ancient Celtic Alphabet
- The Development of the Western Alphabet
- The Decipherment of Linear B
- Hieroglyphs
- The Story of Yogh
- Writing Systems
- The Nebra Sky Disc
- Irish Neolithic Tombs
- The Decipherment of Linear B
- The Phaistos Disc
- The Pantheon, Rome, Italy
- Greek Temples
- Squinches
- Leonardo's Bridge
- The Arklow Pyramid
- Irish Round Towers
- Mimar Sinan, the Architect of the Ottoman Empire
- An Amazing A-Z of Space
- The Space Elevator
- Constellation Overview
- Constellations: Mensa 'the Table Mountain'
- Constellations: Dorado 'the Dorado Fish'
- Constellations: Lacerta 'the Lizard'
- Constellations: Telescopium 'the Telescope'
- Constellations: Tucana 'the Toucan'
- Constellations: Octans 'the Octant'
- The Lives of Stars
- Sirius - The Dog-Star
- Polaris - the North Star
- Delta Cephei and the Size of the Universe
- Green and Violet Stars
- The Great Telescope of Birr Castle, Ireland
- Algol, the Demon Star
- Living on Jupiter
- Why the Far Side of the Moon Looks Different
- Vega - the Summer Sapphire Star
- How to Move Around in Space
- 'Almagest' - Ptolemy's Guide to the Heavens
- Choosing an Eyepiece for an Astronomical Telescope
- Diana Wynne Jones - Author
- The Origin of Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- 'Waiting for Godot' - the Play
- The Earthsea Stories of Ursula K Le Guin
- Gerald Durrell - Animal Collector, Conservationist and Author
- The Holy Grail
- Larry Niven's Ringworld - a Vast Construction in Space
- The Mars / Barsoom Books of Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The Aelric Books of Richard Blake
- Deus Ex Machina
- The Non-Culture Science Fiction of Iain M Banks
- The Culture Books of Iain M Banks
- Forbidden Planet
- 'No Man's Land' - a play by Harold Pinter
- The Strange Worlds of Larry Niven
- Jadis the White Witch
- The Crow Road, a novel by Iain Banks
- Tolkien's Silmarillion - An Overview
- Elrond the Half-Elven
- Tolkien's Dwarves
- Galadriel, the Elf-Lady of Lorien
- Orcs
- The Nazgul, Tolkien's Black Riders
- Tolkien's Elves
- Sauron, the Dark Lord of Middle-earth
- Tolkien's Maps
- Lord of the Rings: Downs, Barrows and Wights
- 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) - Film Review
- Trees in JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth
- Byzantium: Overview
- Byzantium: Constantine and the Founding of Constantinople
- Byzantium: Justinian and the Nika Riots
- Byzantium: Heraclius and the Persians
- Byzantium: Irene and Iconoclasm
- Byzantium: Constantine Porphyrogenitus
- Byzantium: Basil the Bulgar Slayer
- Byzantium: Empress Zoe
- Byzantium: Romanos Diogenes and the Loss of Anatolia
- Byzantium: The Sack of Constantinople
- Byzantium: Constantine XI and the Fall of Constantinople
- Byzantium: The Walls of Constantinople
- Byzantium: Hagia Sophia
- Riven - the Computer Game
- Portal 2 - the Computer Game
- Pokemon Go
- An Introduction to Minecraft, the Video Game
- The First Crusade
- The First Crusade - Into Muslim Territory
- The First Crusade - Antioch
- The First Crusade - Straying from the Path
- The First Crusade - Jerusalem
- The Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt
- Cairo, Egypt
- Belzoni - Tomb Raider and Archaeologist - 3
- Belzoni - Tomb Raider and Archaeologist - 2
- Belzoni - Tomb Raider and Archaeologist - 1
- The Pyramid of Hawara, Egypt
- The Great Pyramid and Irrational Numbers
- A Fruit for All Seasons
- Champagne and Sparkling Wine
- Tuna and Broccoli Bake
- Irish Soda Bread
- Potato and Mushroom Gratin
- Basic Beef Goulash
- Moroccan Vegetable Tagine
- Santorini - Remains of a Volcanic Cataclysm
- Santorini - a Tourist Guide
- The Minoan Civilisation of Crete
- Iraklion, Crete, Greece
- A Tourist Guide to the Minoan Civilisation
- Corfu Town, Corfu, Greece
- Eating Out in Greece
- The Peloponnese, Greece
- Delphi, Greece
- A Brief History of Greece
- The Lion of Chaironeia
- Chalkida, Evia, Greece
- The Top 14 Sights of Athens
- Syros, a Greek Island
- Dublin, Ireland
- County Wexford, Ireland
- Old Irish Money
- Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, Wexford, Ireland
- Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland
- Ireland and What to Call It
- Tintern Abbey, Co Wexford, Ireland
- The Neolithic Passage Tombs of Bru na Boinne
- Pre-Celtic Ireland
- Irish National Heritage Park, Ferrycarrig, Wexford
- The Archaeology and History Museum, Dublin, Ireland
- Irish High Crosses
- Loughcrew, a Megalithic Cemetery
- Irish Stone Circles
- Dublin Statue Trail
- A Walk in the Cloghoge Valley
- Massy's Wood Walk, Dublin Mountains, Ireland
- A Canal Walk - the Corbally Naas Branch of Ireland's Grand Canal
- The Bohernabreena Reservoirs
- Howth Cliff Walk
- The Spinc Walk, Glendalough, Co Wicklow
- Bray Head Cliff Walk, County Wicklow, Ireland
- How to Pronounce Italian
- Anglo-Saxon (Old English)
- A Guide to Icelandic Pronunciation
- The Tetragrammaton
- Pronouncing Ancient Greek for English Speakers
- How to Pronounce Mandarin Chinese
- How to Pronounce Turkish
- Mersenne Numbers
- Diophantine Equations
- Fermat Numbers
- Perfect Numbers
- Googol - an Unimaginably Large Number
- John Horton Conway - Mathematician
- Curved Space and the Fate of the Universe
- The Hairy Ball Theorem
- The Helix
- Euclid's Elements
- Leonhard Euler - Mathematician
- Mathematical Knots
- Archimedes
- William Rowan Hamilton, Mathematician
- Slide Rules - a History and How To Guide
- Number Systems Through the Ages
- The Monkey and the Coconuts - a Mathematical Problem
- The Ham Sandwich and Pancake Theorems
- Napier's Bones - a 17th-Century Calculation Aid
- The Great Pyramid and Irrational Numbers
- The Music of Mahler
- Richard Wagner - Composer
- 'Bolero' by Maurice Ravel
- Richard Strauss - Composer
- 'An Alpine Symphony' by Richard Strauss
- Carl Nielsen - Composer
- 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst
- Peter Tchaikovsky - Composer
- 'Carmina Burana' - Drink, Sex and Medieval Monks
- Introduction to Orchestral Music
- 'Made In Heaven' - Queen's Last Album
- The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd's Iconic Album
- Writing a 12-Bar Blues
- The BACH Theme
- Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
- Death, Suicide and Close Shaves in the World of Classical Music
- The Mass in B Minor, by JS Bach
- Westminster Mass - Roxanna Panufnik
- The Enigma in Elgar's Variations
- Recorders
- Unusual Musical Instruments
- How to Play the Tin Whistle
- Clarinets
- How to Play the Recorder
- Mandolins
- Double Basses
- Cellos
- French Horns
- Orchestral Percussion - the Kitchen Sink Department
- Violas
- Woodwind Instruments - An Overview
- Harps
- The Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels, Belgium
- Lutes
- Bagpipes
- How to Play the Saxophone
- Bodhrans
- Ocarinas
- Bouzoukis
- Bells
- Musical Instruments
- Pipe Organs
- Positioning the Bridge on a Mandolin
- The Wells Cathedral Clock, Somerset, UK
- The Prague Astronomical Clock
- Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland
- The French Pyrenees
- The Cable Cars of San Francisco
- Prats de Mollo, Eastern Pyrenees, France
- Chongqing, China
- The Man Mo Temple, Hong Kong, China
- The Atomium, Brussels
- Verona, Italy
- Top 14 Sights in Istanbul
- Mimar Sinan, the Architect of the Ottoman Empire
- The Chora Church, Istanbul, Turkey
- Little Hagia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
- The Dolmabah�e Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
- The Kadikoy Crocodile
- Hedgehogs
- Magpies
- Common Wrens
- Octopuses - A Guide
- The War of the Crows
- Echinoderms
- Talking With Cats
- The Nautilus - A Creature of the Deep
- Moorhens
- Goldfinches
- Sundials
- Calculating the Date of Easter
- The Christmas Star
- How Power Stations Work
- Corks
- A Pyramid on Mars
- Wikipedia
- They Discovered America
- Binoculars
- Aztlan - Mythical Homeland of the Aztecs
- Chicken and Egg - a rational answer
- Rubik's Cube
- Forth - the Programming Language
- Gold
- Mysteries of the Telephone Explained
- Latitude
- Islands and How They are Made
- The Five-card Trick
- The Ark of the Covenant
- Chariot Racing
- Orange - the Colour
- Flags
- The Gregorian Calendar and 30 February
Alphabets and Writing
Archaeology
Architecture
Astronomy and Space
Books, Plays and Authors - General
Books, Plays and Authors - Tolkien
Byzantine Empire
Computer and Video Games
Crusades
Egypt
Food and Drink
Greece
Ireland - General
Ireland - Archaeology
Ireland - Walking
Language
Mathematics
Music Composers and Compositions
Musical Instruments
Travel
Turkey
Wildlife and Nature
Miscellaneous