On Tuesday evening (24th of January), Cardiff City football club won their semi-final of the League Cup (currently called the Carling Cup), beating Crystal Palace in a penalty shoot-out, after drawing 1-1 on aggregate after extra time. This puts them through to the final, where they will meet Liverpool, who beat Manchester City last night. [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Going to Wembley
Posted in Sport, Wales, tagged Cardiff City, Carling Cup, Chelsea FC, FA Cup, Football, League Cup, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Wembley Stadium on 26/01/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dumbing down TV
Posted in Astronomy, News, TV, tagged Astronomy, Brian Cox, Celebrity Big Brother, Cosmology, Daily Mirror, Horizon, Patrick Moore, TV, Universe on 24/01/2012 | 5 Comments »
On Friday (20th of January) I was called by the BBC in Cardiff to ask me if I would talk about the success of the 2nd series of Stargazing Live (this is a link to the interview, I’m on about 25 minutes into it), and also to summarise the events going on in the Wales [...]
Happy Chinese New Year (农历新年)
Posted in Astronomy, History, Nature, World affairs, tagged Calendar, Chinese New Year, Lunisolar, Moon, New Moon, New Year, Sun on 23/01/2012 | 2 Comments »
Today (23rd of January 2012) is Chinese New Year, so happy Chinese New Year to all my Chinese friends and students. Today, over 1 billion Chinese will be celebrating the start of the year of the Dragon (龍). From what I heard yesterday on the radio, many Chinese couples await to have children in the [...]
