The h2g2 Post 30.10.23

Created Oct 3, 2023 | Updated Oct 28, 2023

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Posted: 30^th October 2023

This week's title is In All Weathers. Clockwise from upper left: A spectacular sunset over Cleethorpes, UK, a giant fuzzy sun rising over an Austrian landscape, fingers on piano keys, a sword wedged between Scottish stones, some cows giving the photographer penetrating looks, a Pictish cross on an upright slab in northern Scotland, a road curving around a wooded bend, the Aurora Borealis in the night sky over a UK town, and a sundog in a partially cloudy sky.

We have beauty to share with you this week. Beauty in the skies: wherever we went, the sun did amazing things, or the night sky lit up. I'm sorry: Pennsylvania let the team down by raining heavily all through the solar eclipse, but SashaQ makes up for it by showing us the aurora borealis. There's a sundog and a sunset and even some really interesting fog.

I made music. Willem painted a bird. Tavaron's husband built a nesting box for the zebra finches. The budgies made more budgies. We have video. In short, we've been busy.

SashaQ has had adventures with cows and a very pretty rat. Paige the Suzy Q Oracle has been out and about in the far north and seen some things. We present them to you. Let us know if you're as puzzled as we are. It's quite a virtual trip.

The spooky season is upon us: while you're getting ready for trick-or-treat or readying your pyrotechnics, you'll want to catch up with Bluebottle's tale of vampires under the National Health System. It's both timely and timeless. Meanwhile, a seasonal tale arrived at the Post Office buried under a pile of crumbling sheet music. Find out the thrilling origin story of 'The Devil's Sonata'.

Read the cinema review (and sound clever at parties). Try the quiz. Caption a photo. Keep your brain in trim – you might need it for something.

Have a grand week out there. And leave some candy for the kids, don't eat it all.

Dmitri Gheorgheni