The Great Pavement of Westminster Abbey, one of the Abbey's two Cosmati pavements, is to be restored to public gaze after being under carpet (except for one day a year) since the nineteenth century. more inside

Bento lunch albums

You don't want it, he can't have it back.

Design a hat: win $250.

Biographicon - for everyone's biography, including yours.

London stank as bad as one of my posts yesterday: almost as bad as the famous Great Stink of 1858. more inside

A leaflet on alternative medicine produced by the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health has been condemned by Britain's first Professor of Complementary Medicine. more inside

Toilet signs.

Puddle blog.

Rather depressing superheroes of Manchester.

Smell Phone

Monkey girls prefer dolls, but monkey boys go for cars.

Geek graffiti more inside

Stories The first two of six. Over the coming weeks a secret seventh will unravel, with a prize of 1,300 books on offer to those smart enough to work it all out. Not me, anyway.

Drive on Google maps

Antique spectacles has a lot of interesting images of early specs, plus 'interesting topics' which really are, and much beside. See also...

An exhibition of the ten thousand slides owned by the Museum of the History of Science. (ssome exhibits require Flash) 'Over three-quarters of these are contained in a single cabinet on permanent loan from the Royal Microscopical Society, with specimens prepared between 1860 and 1930. Faced with the challenging task of mounting an engaging display of so many tiny exhibits, the Museum staff collaborated with artist Heather Barnett and performance poet Will Holloway to create ‘Small Worlds’, an exhibition in an unusual range of media - images, objects, film, animation, curtains, wallpaper and poetry.'

The 1908 New York to Paris automobile race's centenary this year will be marked by a 2008 version. more inside

Happy Birthday, Finland. The declaration of Finnish Independence 90 years ago led to a year of turmoil, but now the Finns are marking the occasion with engraved doves' bottoms

The King of Thailand causes pink shirt fever. They can be dangerous, express solidarity, or fight breast cancer. You can get Pink shirts in any colour, but perhaps you shouldn't. Still, if they're good enough for Palermo...