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A predicate expression is heterological if and only if it doesn't apply to itself, and autological only if it does. For example, " is monosyllabic ", " is a French phrase", and " is three words long" are heterological since they don't apply to themselves. Whereas " is polysyllabic ", " is an...

Catweazle is down at the Elderford rubbish tip, collecting junk, that to him is wondrous. He gets on his tricycle, has a rope hooked up to a pram which is full of this junk, and pedals back to Duck Halt, the disused railway station he calls home. He enters the waiting room with his "booty". CW "...

In Duck Halt, the abandoned railway station that is home to Catweazle, he is reciting the rhyme, the flying spell he translated from the cellar of Kings Farthing, written on the wall by Cedric's great grandfather. CW " twelve are they that circle round, if power you seek they must be found. Look...

Catweazle recently having time travelled to the 20th century for a second time, is outside King's Farthing, the ancestral home of the Collingfords, it is early morning and Catweazle runs up to the mansion looking for a way in. He spies a half open ground floor window, pulls it up and climbs in...

Always a joy to find another Robert Holmes written episode of any series, because it's usually pretty good. The Dr Who and Blake's 7 writer here comes up trumps with this Doomwatch script. Watched this last evening and it was gripping, but not in the usual Robert Holmes way. Story- A little...

Note- Gruebleen ( Green/Blue) first appeared in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. All Emeralds, examined, are Green, the unexamined ones, not yet dug up, are presumed Green too. Now introduce a new property Grue, which is defined as; Grue things are examined and Green or unexamined and Blue. Not...

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...

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...

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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...

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Spoiler Alert This is the final episode of Catweazle where we find out what happens to poor old Catweazle. If you've enjoyed reading my threads on this show, and haven't seen it and plan to , perhaps you shouldn't read this final episode. If you are reading this, enjoy it. For the general...

Catweazle gets off his tricycle that he got from a junk shop earlier in this his second visit to 20th century England , he is carrying a glass jar filled with water with a couple of fish in it swimming about, and enters Duck Halt, the deserted railway station that is his home. He places the jar...

In the disused railway station Duck Halt, home of Catweazle, he is not feeling too well. Huddled around a bubbling cauldron and sniffing, poor Catweazle has a cold. Cedric, son of Lord and Lady Collingford is there , on the floor in a circle are ten objects , examples of ten of the signs of the...

Cedric is on the platform of Duck Halt, the disused railway station that is home to Catweazle. He is about to enter waiting room when he hears shouts from inside. He opens the door ajar and peers in. Catweazle is in a rage, throwing things across the room, kicking stuff around, in a foul temper...

Cedric and Catweazle are in Duck Halt, the disused railway station that is home to Catweazle. Cedric is teaching him to read, he is standing by a blackboard on which he has written all the letters of the alphabet. Cd ( points with stick) " A" C " A for Adamcos" Cd " B" C " B...er.." Cd " B for...

In Duck Halt the disused railway station that is his home Catweazle is upset. His toad Touchwood is unwell. The animal's skin is an off colour, and dry , Catweazle places toad on his palm saying, C " oh sickness rise up, fly away , hide behind the moon, go from Touchwood. Ammo Ablammo salmy...

In King's Farthing the home of the Collingfords, Lord Collingford (Charles) is having problems with the TV set. He and handyman Groome are in the tv room trying to get it working, there's sound but no picture. G " I don't know what you've done to it my Lord" LC " I haven't done anything to it Mr...

Catweazle lives in Duck Halt, a disused railway station , decades after it was last used. The tracks alongside the platforms long disconnected from the nearby line. Catweazle lives in the old waiting room , which is basically full of trash dumped there. Catweazle is on a quest, he believes magic...