My paper

My first academic paper; wow.

Obscure vault - yuk! (7)

Slightly Telegraph in tone, but I thought my readership would enjoy: From Our Own Correspondent: Why cryptic crosswords are civilisation.

Weston Hypermare

I strongly recommend that you listen to Nebulous,
starring Mark Gatiss - 'tis very funny.

Russian mistranslation redux

Since a certain Mr Perrin enjoyed the last installment so much, I shall recount my other tale of mistranslation:

In the days before Babelfish, the Russians attempted to build a computer program to translate American engineering papers. Their attempt foundered, since the system systematically rendered "Hydraulic Ram" as "Water Sheep".