Author Archives: Henry Gee

About Henry Gee

Henry Gee is an author, editor and recovering palaeontologist, who lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets, inasmuch as which the contents of this blog and any comments therein do not reflect the opinions of anyone but myself, as they don't know where they've been.

Anneliditely

Posted on 1 April 2014 by Henry Gee

You probably won’t believe this, it being 1 April and all, but I have literally just taken delivery of 250 live worms. Mrs Crox ordered them to replenish our wormery, which was looking a bit tired, many of its inhabitants … Continue reading →

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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #16

Posted on 31 March 2014 by Henry Gee

I am sure Heidi (large dog) and Saffron (small dog) are saying something to each other, but I was out of earshot, and the noise of the surf was too great for me to hear it…

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The Cupcakes of Mitosis

Posted on 30 March 2014 by Henry Gee

Tomorrow, Crox Minor is having a bake sale in aid of her favourite charity Children of Peace. This afternoon she and Mrs Crox made loads of cupcakes … some of them on the theme of mitosis. Here are two cupcakes, … Continue reading →

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Anatamogenic

Posted on 25 March 2014 by Henry Gee

When Crox Minor and I visited the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons recently, I bought a copy of The Knife Man, by Wendy Moore, a biography of John Hunter, whose collection forms the nucleus of this remarkable … Continue reading →

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Alumnicious

Posted on 23 March 2014 by Henry Gee

You know the feeling – no sooner have you graduated from some hallowed hall of learning or another than one’s alma mater sends you a begging letter. It’s rare for one to receive such a missive from an institution of … Continue reading →

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Autobuccinery

Posted on 21 March 2014 by Henry Gee

On my thirtieth birthday I remember feeling that whatever else I might have achieved, I’d at least published my first book. More than twenty years later, it seems I might have produced something that people actually want to read. The Shameless Plug has made … Continue reading →

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Ceci N’Est Pas Un Oeuf

Posted on 18 March 2014 by Henry Gee

I know Spring really is here when the Cromer Poultry Great War Re-Enactment Society lays the first egg of the year. This is it. As I don’t know which particular member of the CPGWRS laid this particular egg, I shall … Continue reading →

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Medicine and Maths

Posted on 16 March 2014 by Henry Gee

As you both know, Crox Minor wants to become a surgeon, and some time ago she announced that what she most wanted to do to celebrate her 16th birthday was to go to London and visit the Hunterian Museum at … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #47

Posted on 14 March 2014 by Henry Gee

Custom-made Universes, made to order in Cromer. And you thought Cromer was all about crabs.

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The Anonymity of Warfare

Posted on 13 March 2014 by Henry Gee

My colleague Professor S. C. of London has just alerted us to a short film clip showing how airmen prepared an atomic bomb for use on Nagasaki in 1945, commenting that the full horror of the piece lies in its … Continue reading →

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