And more stargazing sites ....

BBC Solar System – Discover the beauty and strangeness of space

Astronomy For Kids - KidsAstronomy.com

Planetarium - Interactive star map and virtual sky

Stargazing for beginners

After pointing out that many people know very little about the night sky, astronomer Mark Thompson helps a group of novices spot summer night sky highlights including the Plough (or Big Dipper), the North Star (Polaris), the summer triangle and the Andromeda galaxy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/universe/collections/the_night_sky_spring_summer#p00jrg5q

The Norman Lockyer Observatory is a hundred years old

...  just above Sidmouth in Devon.  Check it out at http://www.normanlockyer.com/

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Hello again!

It's been a wee bit of time since I last posted anything, but now that the new year is back into full swing, perhaps I should add a little something...

It's Dickens' bicentenary:

http://www.dickens2012.org/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/charles_dickens/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00mqllf

http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/kultur/de/index/institutionen/museum_strauhof/Ausstellungsprogramm_2010/the-mysteries-of-charles-dickens1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol

http://www.eslreading.org/ghost/ghost/christmascaorlhtml.html

http://www.eslreading.org/ghost/ghost/christmascaorlhtml_assets/christmascarol.pdf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/reading-a-christmas-carol/8852.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/activity/christmas-carol-book-reading.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGUHi52R-zM&feature=related

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018wmhr

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/welcome.shtml

Have fun exploring!