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Monthly Archives: March 2025
My lovely sister, 1946-2025
This week my much-loved eldest sister, M, died. I want to share with you some memories of her through my life. In a few weeks it will be 30 years since my mother died from cancer. It was a difficult … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Biographical, family
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Is Ballroom Dancing like Academia?
One of my secret loves is watching each series of Strictly Come Dancing. It is a feel-good vibe we all need in these dark geopolitical days, however much I don’t care how many sequins are sewed on by hand. So, … Continue reading Continue reading
The Importance of Manufacturing
How many factories have you visited in your life? Do you have any sense of what goes on there? When I was a postdoc in the Cambridge Materials Science Department, helping out with undergraduate projects, I was offered a chance … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in factories, food waste, Research, supply chains, Tim Minshall
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What I Read In February
Max Telford: The Tree Of Life Many years ago when the world was young I tried to explain, in popular science form, how scientists organise the natural world, all the better to understand the pattern of creation. The result was … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Writing & Reading
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