Frankenstein's original

Apparently, for one day only, the Bodleian is putting on show the original MS of Frankenstein. Mary's handwritten draft, I gather, with Percy's, ah, emendations.

Not many of you, alas, will be able to slip over to Oxford at this little notice; besides, there's likely to be a crush. But Brian Aldiss and the guy who's just edited the new Bodleian edition talked about it a little, particularly about Percy's editing (which really made me want to read Mary's original, but hey...), on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning. Go here for today's running order, and it's in the schedule at 8.19; you should be able to play just that feature. Also, scroll back an hour earlier and there's Terry Pratchett talking about Alzheimer's...

esmeraldus_neo, I'm thinking of you...

Culinary theology 101

Are we to assume, for the sake of argument, that omniscience is kinda like the Arisian thing about a truly competent mind being able to deduce an entire civilisation from a single artefact? Viz and more specifically, that the gods do not actually need to have tasted a thing to know exactly what it would taste like?

Because, if not, then let me tell you: they're missing a treat, up on Olympus there. This, my potato-and-celeriac puree? Food of the gods. And they've never tasted it...

It is possibly a little over-complicated for your standard household, requiring as it does entirely different preparation and treatment of both the potato and celeriac, which are only brought together in the final stretch. Nevertheless, I am here to tell you: om-nom-nom. That is all.