Start the Week right

Wahey! Dad's book went from 23,500 (about) to 178 on Amazon.co.uk after the BBC broadcast (Start the Week, hosted by Andrew Marr) this morning. It took less than three hours! The program repeats tonight, but here it is for anyone else interested: Scientists and the Enlightenment.

Since typing this post, he has risen again - to 107!

Passing time

I have been absent. Absent in more ways than I can count. My mother died unexpectedly on February 1st.

I suppose one could argue that it wasn't unexpected - we all expect it eventually - but this was sudden. And frankly, we never know what it will be like when someone we love dies. So it is inevitable, but still unexpected.

I have been in England since her death.