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David Brent dancing in the Wernham Hogg office while Vogons stamp paperwork and read a Sun newspaper headline about Gorbachev taking power, with Tim Canterbury looking at the camera

Link Salad – 11 March: Vogons, Newspapers, and the Day Gorbachev Took Over

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Today’s link salad starts with the birthday of Douglas Adams, born on 11 March 1952 in Cambridge. Adams created The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, where the bureaucratic alien race known as the Vogons spend their time stamping forms, filing paperwork and reciting terrible poetry. From science fiction bureaucracy we move to real-world media power. […]

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Two Davids. One birthday. 🎨 Michelangelo, born 6 March 1475, created the legendary David. 🎸 David Gilmour, born 6 March 1946, shaped the sound of The Dark Side of the Moon. A Renaissance statue. A progressive rock guitarist. Two Davids linked by art, light, and the same moon.

Two Davids

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Two Davids under the same moon On 6 March 1475, the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo was born. More than any other sculptor, he defined the heroic language of the Renaissance. Among his works, one stands above all others: David, the towering marble figure that has come to symbolise the artistic confidence of Florence. Four and […]

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