The Penguinet

So enjoying the extra hour this morning! Here's what The Independent has to say:

Why do we change the clocks?

The idea of moving the clocks forward during the summer and then back again was first proposed in parliament in 1907. Later, in the Second World War clocks were put forward an hour to boost production in factories and so that workers could get back home before the blackout.
The Government put the clocks forward again for the entire time between 1968 and 1971 as an experiment– but it was deemed that it made Scotland too dark in the mornings.

Read more here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/clocks-go-back-remember-to-change-yours--for-possibly-the-last-time-ever-9817740.html

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Having got so excited about Michael Faraday last week, let's continue the theme for a few minutes this week too. We talked about the Royal Institution's Christmas lectures, but of course they have a lot more to offer.,
Here's the dedicated Video site:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution

Here's Richard Dawkins explaining the universe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw4w1UsOafQ

And  a young Carl Sagan doing the same:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdXtjNSDi4s


What fun we had with those faulty (or not) sentences. For those of you who would like to practise a bit more, try these:

http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/gq1.html

http://www.grammarbank.com/simple-past-present-perfect-tenses.html

In this week's news, just when support for the EU in the UK was at an all-time high, Ker-poww! Here is a nice explanation of why the UK is facing a large repayment bill to the EU:
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/oct/24/britains-two-billion-euro-bill-explained

I always find the comments from readers especially interesting.