The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua. Photograph: Sydney PaduaThe Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua. Photograph: Sydney PaduaNicholas Lezard's choiceComics and graphic novelsReviewA flight of fancy that explores the possibilities of Babbage’s early computer, and makes Victorian mathematics compellingly tangibleMy fear, on picking this up, was that it would be a tiresome reduction of the work of two serious scientists to silliness. It’s been described as “steampunk”, which sets alarm bells ringing. Read More...
Don Johnson has opened up about the moment he told his daughter Dakota that she wouldn't be able to "stay on the payroll" anymore after deciding not to attend college to instead pursue an acting career.
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The actor, 71, appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and revealed the one rule he has for all of his five children. Read More...
Some beautiful photographs of Freddie Mercury have resurfaced, showing the Queen legend smiling at his home just weeks before he died. The images, captured by his partner Jim Hutton in August 1991, depict a powerful contrast to photos from his last official public appearance at the 1990 BRIT Awards.
The pictures encapsulate everything the Queen frontman loved most, including his beloved Garden Lodge at 1 Logan Place in Kensington, London. The perfectly tended garden was in full bloom in the month of August, with one of Freddie's cats by his side. Read More...