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Already being talked about as a must listen to new album of 2023, The Church forthcoming release The Hypnogogue is being drip fed to us eager fans. Two tracks so far made available by the band. It'll be 6 years since their last release in 2017 when The Hypnogogue sees the light of day in March...

Statement R " All ravens are black" is logically equivalent to; Statement R2 " Nothing which is not black is a raven." A white pen confirms R2 but surely does not confirm R, although R says the same as R2. To say R is logically equivalent to R2 is to say that in every possible situation in which...

From the book;

Before you are two boxes, a transparent one containing £10,000, and an opaque one which contains £1,000,000 or nothing. You have a choice between taking the opaque box alone or taking both of them. A Predictor with a highly successful record predicted whether you are going to take both boxes or...

There is nothing illegal about asking someone for money, nor is it illegal to report someone's theft. But if, for example, you threaten to expose someone's crime unless she pays you money, you are guilty of blackmail. Why? This case has the superficial appearance of a paradox, but although...

17 is an interesting number because it is the only prime which is the sum of four consecutive primes: 17= 2+3+5+7. It seems unlikely however that every natural number is interesting. But every natural number must be interesting, for if this were not so there would be a first uninteresting...

THE PARADOXICAL QUESTION 1 Markosian's Paradox ( paper author- Yunji Ellen Shi of the LSE) In the paper The Paradox of the Question, Ned Markosian told the following story: during an international conference of leading philosophers, an angel miraculously appeared. The angel claimed to be the...

Catweazle is loving every minute of the incredible experience, he looks down at the ground below, he sees horses galloping along fields, looking tiny from up in the air. C " I fly, EVERYTHING WORKS, EVERY EVERY THING WORKS" Cedric is at Duck Halt , a bit sad, he knows he is unlikely to see his...

At King's Farthing the owner of the balloon is nursing a slightly twisted ankle, rough landing, he is a family friend. He sits as Charles offers him a drink. LC " where is your balloon Boris" B " only about half a mile away....cheers " LyC " I'd love to see it" B " come on I'll show you..(...

Cedric is at Duck Halt, no sign of Catweazle, he walks out of waiting room and onto platform, takes telescope out of pocket, extends it and looks through it. He sees Catweazle dancing around balloon, he sets off in pursuit. Catweazle can't contain his curiosity, he climbs into basket, then sees...

At King's Farthing, LC " it's fantastic there's an absolute fortune here" LyC " how did you know it was in the spire" Cd " well it was the rhyme really I suppose " LyC " what rhyme?" Cd " sort of magic writing, I wouldn't have been able to translate it in the first place if it hadn't been...

At Duck Halt Catweazle is furious, angry, hurt, raging at the spirits who have let him down. C " by the mysteries of the deep ? by the power of Hecate? by the power of the east wind? It's all ( shouting) IDLE GIBBERISH!!" He stamps on his magic book , and picks it up and rips out pages. C " THE...

In the drawing room Cedric empties the sack on the table, Charles and Dotty stare at the treasure. LyC " I can't believe it" LC " where did you find it?" Cd " in the spire, we won't have to sell the house now will we " Major Spoilers Ahead. You Have Been Warned

Cedric and Catweazle look down at the ground below from the base of the spire, the huge clock behind them , there is a walkway with railings that encircle the four faced clock. Cd " it's hidden up here somewhere " C( looking down) " must I fly from up here?" Cd ( snaps fingers) " I've got it" C...

C " oh 13th sign draw thou nearer" Cd " not like that, point it at something " Catweazle points to tree. Cd " no, oh I'll show you ..erm...see the clock tower?" C " aye" Cedric focuses the telescope on the clock tower that tops the huge King's Farthing home. It's a big four sided clockface, a...

Catweazle is just outside the grounds as Cedric runs towards him. Even Catweazle can see Cedric is upset as they meet by a tree, Cedric squats down. C " Owlface what ails thee?" Cd " it's dreadful we're leaving going away " C " away?" Cd " yes, even Groome is upset, look what he has given me." C...

Handyman and gardener Henry Groome is helping Cedric to carry a large trunk down the stairs and into the hallway. Cedric returns to boarding school soon, his belongings all packed. G " school isn't too bad is it?" Cd " no, it's okay I suppose " G " here I got something for you." Groome pulls out...