Today The Grapes Of Math by Alex Bellos is published in the USA by Simon & Schuster. Here’s one of the illustrations by The Surreal McCoy.“Bellos’s book is sprinkled with similarly surprising revelations about familiar mathematical objects … Bellos has a fantastic knack of making you feel as if you’re sharing… Read More »

A cartoon from this month’s edition of the Fortean Times.

“I went to a restaurant that serves “breakfast at any time” so I ordered French toast during the Renaissance.” ― Steven Wright

This week’s Spectator cartoon.

“I don’t want to break the glass ceiling because I know it’ll be muggins here who’ll have to clean up the mess.” Holly Walsh, the News Quiz.

From this week’s edition of the Spectator.

“The unexplainable differentiates into unparalleled self-knowledge” From the inestimably fantasmagorical Random Deepak Chopra Quote Generator.

The website explains:It has been said by some that the thoughts and tweets of Deepak Chopra are indistinguishable from a set of profound sounding words put together in a random… Read More »

Another cartoon from this month’s Readers Digest.

“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.” ― Mark Twain

Another cartoon from this month’s Readers Digest.

“Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.” ― Anthony G. Oettinger

Just in time for the Bank holiday weekend, a cartoon to bring together the great British traditions of traffic jams and seething resentment. From this week’s Spectator.