Tween Hallowe'en & Guy Fawkes

Two nights 31/10 and 05/11 when fireworks go off. Now for the calm between the pyrotechs.

• Tom Scott - science communicator deconstructs science communication at the RI
• Don't forget the Q&A
• Tom Scott on ASCII EBCDIC & UTF-8
• Massimo Vitali's gaff (home, not gaffe=error)
• Haleigh cooks to make Smørrebrød
• Rogan reacts to Kilian "King of the Mountains" Jornet
• Did you see the Gloucester cheese rolling where people hurl themself off a steep slope after a rolling cheese?
• These lads hurl themselves down a white water gorge in a kayak.
• Griff Rhys-Jones looks at Welsh vernacular architecture and surrounding fields
• The last of the master artisanal blacksmiths in Japan.
• Bread - its etymology and associations [brew, boil, bubble, ferment, loaf, lord, lady, dairy, dough, companion . . . I could go on and Mark Sundaram does just that]
• We've had a look at BLEVEs [boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion] before. With the heart-felt advice: do NOT try to put out a chip-pan fire with a cup of water.
• You can make an even more dramatic show if you keep the water separated from the burning oil in a tin can . . . until internal pressure builds up to bursting point. Whooomph! indeed.
• Fairly useful video-essay on political polls [UK general election 12'12'19] and their limitations.
• John "OrdAH" Bercow retired as Speaker of the House of Commons last week. One Trib.
• I shall have more to say about Brineuria the drug which Rees-Mogg bullied through parliament for one of his constituents.