Constellations
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Angel has called his blog page “Constellations” because his therapist Dr Bacon says that star patterns are a great way to understand how we join the dots to try and make sense of everything. But he also points out that everyone sees different pictures in the stars. For example the Plough, often also known as the Big Dipper is just part of the Great Bear, Ursa Major (Prologue).
What’s more, the vast majority of stars aren’t part of any recognised constellation at all, and on a starry night any of us can dot to dot them to make patterns that seem meaningful to us. These stars are like the Unjoined Dots in the endnotes of Losing our Marbles? – dots looking for a story. Angel’s blog tries to join up some Unjoined Dots and find others – ideally quirky, humorous or unexpected fragments of history.
He is still in contact with the various people you will meet in Losing our Marbles? and his blog posts include exchanges with them as well as his own notes and diary entries, so it’s perhaps a good idea to briefly remind you here who they are:
Inspector Panettone – the famous Italian mafia hunter who loves chess and idioms and is the only person listed here who is not a member of Tom’s History Mystery team.
Tom – the leader of the team with a special research interest in finding Atlantis.
Cassie – a Greek archeology student and recreational cat burglar who is an activist for the repatriation of ancient treasures.
Finn – an old school mate of Tom’s who gave up a meteoric banking career to join the team and is brilliant at maths and IT.
Puk – A Danish astronomer descended from the legendary and eccentric Tycho Brahe.
Ming – An anthropology PHD student from Shang Hai who is investigating the Rapa Nui (formerly Easter Island) statues.
Boudicca – An experienced and fiery archeologist who specialises in field work.
