Today I have been to the west midlands, and back again. I went down with my colleague. I got a new set of shades – on a micro interesting level – that’s interesting.

On a large scale interesting level, Europe’s first mission to Mars is on its way. The “The Mars Express orbiter” (Nothing to do with National Express… I hope..) shot off from Kazakhstan at 5:45pm GMT. The craft carried with it a track by the band Blur. This is due to be played as soon as the lander (named beagle 2) touches down on Christmas day.

More info here from the BBC