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    Alphabets and Writing

  1. The Greek Alphabet
  2. Ogham - an Ancient Celtic Alphabet
  3. The Development of the Western Alphabet
  4. The Decipherment of Linear B
  5. Hieroglyphs
  6. The Story of Yogh
  7. Writing Systems
  8. Archaeology

  9. The Nebra Sky Disc
  10. Irish Neolithic Tombs
  11. The Decipherment of Linear B
  12. The Phaistos Disc
  13. Architecture

  14. The Pantheon, Rome, Italy
  15. Greek Temples
  16. Squinches
  17. Leonardo's Bridge
  18. The Arklow Pyramid
  19. Irish Round Towers
  20. Mimar Sinan, the Architect of the Ottoman Empire
  21. Astronomy and Space

  22. An Amazing A-Z of Space
  23. The Space Elevator
  24. Constellation Overview
  25. Constellations: Mensa 'the Table Mountain'
  26. Constellations: Dorado 'the Dorado Fish'
  27. Constellations: Lacerta 'the Lizard'
  28. Constellations: Telescopium 'the Telescope'
  29. Constellations: Tucana 'the Toucan'
  30. Constellations: Octans 'the Octant'
  31. The Lives of Stars
  32. Sirius - The Dog-Star
  33. Polaris - the North Star
  34. Delta Cephei and the Size of the Universe
  35. Green and Violet Stars
  36. The Great Telescope of Birr Castle, Ireland
  37. Algol, the Demon Star
  38. Living on Jupiter
  39. Why the Far Side of the Moon Looks Different
  40. Vega - the Summer Sapphire Star
  41. How to Move Around in Space
  42. 'Almagest' - Ptolemy's Guide to the Heavens
  43. Choosing an Eyepiece for an Astronomical Telescope
  44. Books, Plays and Authors - General

  45. Diana Wynne Jones - Author
  46. The Origin of Terry Pratchett's Discworld
  47. 'Waiting for Godot' - the Play
  48. The Earthsea Stories of Ursula K Le Guin
  49. Gerald Durrell - Animal Collector, Conservationist and Author
  50. The Holy Grail
  51. Larry Niven's Ringworld - a Vast Construction in Space
  52. The Mars / Barsoom Books of Edgar Rice Burroughs
  53. The Aelric Books of Richard Blake
  54. Deus Ex Machina
  55. The Non-Culture Science Fiction of Iain M Banks
  56. The Culture Books of Iain M Banks
  57. Forbidden Planet
  58. 'No Man's Land' - a play by Harold Pinter
  59. The Strange Worlds of Larry Niven
  60. Jadis the White Witch
  61. The Crow Road, a novel by Iain Banks
  62. Books, Plays and Authors - Tolkien

  63. Tolkien's Silmarillion - An Overview
  64. Elrond the Half-Elven
  65. Tolkien's Dwarves
  66. Galadriel, the Elf-Lady of Lorien
  67. Orcs
  68. The Nazgul, Tolkien's Black Riders
  69. Tolkien's Elves
  70. Sauron, the Dark Lord of Middle-earth
  71. Tolkien's Maps
  72. Lord of the Rings: Downs, Barrows and Wights
  73. 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) - Film Review
  74. Trees in JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth
  75. Byzantine Empire

  76. Byzantium: Overview
  77. Byzantium: Constantine and the Founding of Constantinople
  78. Byzantium: Justinian and the Nika Riots
  79. Byzantium: Heraclius and the Persians
  80. Byzantium: Irene and Iconoclasm
  81. Byzantium: Constantine Porphyrogenitus
  82. Byzantium: Basil the Bulgar Slayer
  83. Byzantium: Empress Zoe
  84. Byzantium: Romanos Diogenes and the Loss of Anatolia
  85. Byzantium: The Sack of Constantinople
  86. Byzantium: Constantine XI and the Fall of Constantinople
  87. Byzantium: The Walls of Constantinople
  88. Byzantium: Hagia Sophia
  89. Computer and Video Games

  90. Riven - the Computer Game
  91. Portal 2 - the Computer Game
  92. Pokemon Go
  93. An Introduction to Minecraft, the Video Game
  94. Crusades

  95. The First Crusade
  96. The First Crusade - Into Muslim Territory
  97. The First Crusade - Antioch
  98. The First Crusade - Straying from the Path
  99. The First Crusade - Jerusalem
  100. Egypt

  101. The Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt
  102. Cairo, Egypt
  103. Belzoni - Tomb Raider and Archaeologist - 3
  104. Belzoni - Tomb Raider and Archaeologist - 2
  105. Belzoni - Tomb Raider and Archaeologist - 1
  106. The Pyramid of Hawara, Egypt
  107. The Great Pyramid and Irrational Numbers
  108. Food and Drink

  109. A Fruit for All Seasons
  110. Champagne and Sparkling Wine
  111. Tuna and Broccoli Bake
  112. Irish Soda Bread
  113. Potato and Mushroom Gratin
  114. Basic Beef Goulash
  115. Moroccan Vegetable Tagine
  116. Greece

  117. Santorini - Remains of a Volcanic Cataclysm
  118. Santorini - a Tourist Guide
  119. The Minoan Civilisation of Crete
  120. Iraklion, Crete, Greece
  121. A Tourist Guide to the Minoan Civilisation
  122. Corfu Town, Corfu, Greece
  123. Eating Out in Greece
  124. The Peloponnese, Greece
  125. Delphi, Greece
  126. A Brief History of Greece
  127. The Lion of Chaironeia
  128. Chalkida, Evia, Greece
  129. The Top 14 Sights of Athens
  130. Syros, a Greek Island
  131. Ireland - General

  132. Dublin, Ireland
  133. County Wexford, Ireland
  134. Old Irish Money
  135. Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, Wexford, Ireland
  136. Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland
  137. Ireland and What to Call It
  138. Tintern Abbey, Co Wexford, Ireland
  139. Ireland - Archaeology

  140. The Neolithic Passage Tombs of Bru na Boinne
  141. Pre-Celtic Ireland
  142. Irish National Heritage Park, Ferrycarrig, Wexford
  143. The Archaeology and History Museum, Dublin, Ireland
  144. Irish High Crosses
  145. Loughcrew, a Megalithic Cemetery
  146. Irish Stone Circles
  147. Ireland - Walking

  148. Dublin Statue Trail
  149. A Walk in the Cloghoge Valley
  150. Massy's Wood Walk, Dublin Mountains, Ireland
  151. A Canal Walk - the Corbally Naas Branch of Ireland's Grand Canal
  152. The Bohernabreena Reservoirs
  153. Howth Cliff Walk
  154. The Spinc Walk, Glendalough, Co Wicklow
  155. Bray Head Cliff Walk, County Wicklow, Ireland
  156. Language

  157. How to Pronounce Italian
  158. Anglo-Saxon (Old English)
  159. A Guide to Icelandic Pronunciation
  160. The Tetragrammaton
  161. Pronouncing Ancient Greek for English Speakers
  162. How to Pronounce Mandarin Chinese
  163. How to Pronounce Turkish
  164. Mathematics

  165. Mersenne Numbers
  166. Diophantine Equations
  167. Fermat Numbers
  168. Perfect Numbers
  169. Googol - an Unimaginably Large Number
  170. John Horton Conway - Mathematician
  171. Curved Space and the Fate of the Universe
  172. The Hairy Ball Theorem
  173. The Helix
  174. Euclid's Elements
  175. Leonhard Euler - Mathematician
  176. Mathematical Knots
  177. Archimedes
  178. William Rowan Hamilton, Mathematician
  179. Slide Rules - a History and How To Guide
  180. Number Systems Through the Ages
  181. The Monkey and the Coconuts - a Mathematical Problem
  182. The Ham Sandwich and Pancake Theorems
  183. Napier's Bones - a 17th-Century Calculation Aid
  184. The Great Pyramid and Irrational Numbers
  185. Music Composers and Compositions

  186. The Music of Mahler
  187. Richard Wagner - Composer
  188. 'Bolero' by Maurice Ravel
  189. Richard Strauss - Composer
  190. 'An Alpine Symphony' by Richard Strauss
  191. Carl Nielsen - Composer
  192. 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst
  193. Peter Tchaikovsky - Composer
  194. 'Carmina Burana' - Drink, Sex and Medieval Monks
  195. Introduction to Orchestral Music
  196. 'Made In Heaven' - Queen's Last Album
  197. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd's Iconic Album
  198. Writing a 12-Bar Blues
  199. The BACH Theme
  200. Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
  201. Death, Suicide and Close Shaves in the World of Classical Music
  202. The Mass in B Minor, by JS Bach
  203. Westminster Mass - Roxanna Panufnik
  204. The Enigma in Elgar's Variations
  205. Musical Instruments

  206. Recorders
  207. Unusual Musical Instruments
  208. How to Play the Tin Whistle
  209. Clarinets
  210. How to Play the Recorder
  211. Mandolins
  212. Double Basses
  213. Cellos
  214. French Horns
  215. Orchestral Percussion - the Kitchen Sink Department
  216. Violas
  217. Woodwind Instruments - An Overview
  218. Harps
  219. The Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels, Belgium
  220. Lutes
  221. Bagpipes
  222. How to Play the Saxophone
  223. Bodhrans
  224. Ocarinas
  225. Bouzoukis
  226. Bells
  227. Musical Instruments
  228. Pipe Organs
  229. Positioning the Bridge on a Mandolin
  230. Travel

  231. The Wells Cathedral Clock, Somerset, UK
  232. The Prague Astronomical Clock
  233. Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland
  234. The French Pyrenees
  235. The Cable Cars of San Francisco
  236. Prats de Mollo, Eastern Pyrenees, France
  237. Chongqing, China
  238. The Man Mo Temple, Hong Kong, China
  239. The Atomium, Brussels
  240. Verona, Italy
  241. Turkey

  242. Top 14 Sights in Istanbul
  243. Mimar Sinan, the Architect of the Ottoman Empire
  244. The Chora Church, Istanbul, Turkey
  245. Little Hagia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
  246. The Dolmabah�e Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
  247. The Kadikoy Crocodile
  248. Wildlife and Nature

  249. Hedgehogs
  250. Magpies
  251. Common Wrens
  252. Octopuses - A Guide
  253. The War of the Crows
  254. Echinoderms
  255. Talking With Cats
  256. The Nautilus - A Creature of the Deep
  257. Moorhens
  258. Goldfinches
  259. Miscellaneous

  260. Sundials
  261. Calculating the Date of Easter
  262. The Christmas Star
  263. How Power Stations Work
  264. Corks
  265. A Pyramid on Mars
  266. Wikipedia
  267. They Discovered America
  268. Binoculars
  269. Aztlan - Mythical Homeland of the Aztecs
  270. Chicken and Egg - a rational answer
  271. Rubik's Cube
  272. Forth - the Programming Language
  273. Gold
  274. Mysteries of the Telephone Explained
  275. Latitude
  276. Islands and How They are Made
  277. The Five-card Trick
  278. The Ark of the Covenant
  279. Chariot Racing
  280. Orange - the Colour
  281. Flags
  282. The Gregorian Calendar and 30 February

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