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.

Pride

Posted on 27 July 2013 by Henry Gee

Today the Fine City of Norwich hosted its Pride event, and me and the Croxii went to take a look. Pride comes before a Hall. In this case, Norwich City Hall

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Extra Sensory

Posted on 23 July 2013 by Henry Gee

If you like your popular-science authors to call a spade a spade, and lay out everything as clearly and plainly as possible with no ambiguity and no contradictions, then you’re sure to have a few titles by Brian Clegg on … Continue reading →

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2121

Posted on 4 July 2013 by Henry Gee

Susan Greenfield is a scientist who has long been interested in how the brain works, and, in particular, how it interacts with the world in which we find ourselves. Her contention, expressed in numerous articles and works of non-fiction, is … Continue reading →

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Dogsplaining #19

Posted on 23 June 2013 by Henry Gee

Using only her eyebrows, Heidi the Dog explains the causes of the First World War.

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Null Hypothesis

Posted on 19 June 2013 by Henry Gee

I am somewhat confused by a recent post in Teh Grauniad by our colleague Athene Donald. Part of my confusion stemmed from the fact that I had walked into an argument that was already in full swing – Donald’s piece … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #7

Posted on 11 June 2013 by Henry Gee

This picture has been the subject of a number of eructations on social media recently. I felt it too good to pass up. I regret that I cannot find a credit for it (if anyone can find this out and … Continue reading →

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Iain Banks (1954-2013)

Posted on 9 June 2013 by Henry Gee

All things must pass, but some things pass too soon. Two months ago, Scottish author Iain Banks announced that he had terminal cancer and had at best a year to live. He is now dead, at 59. So passes a … Continue reading →

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Archicebus

Posted on 7 June 2013 by Henry Gee

The course of the news was slightly perturbed recently by the description of the 55-million-year-old fossil primate Archicebus achilles, which was published in Nature. (DISCLAIMER: I was the handling editor, and steered the paper from submission, through peer review, until … Continue reading →

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Literary Locations

Posted on 2 June 2013 by Henry Gee

Heartened this morning by a couple of very nice customer reviews for By The Sea, as well as by some sunshine, I went to the beach with the Canes Croxorum. On the way I took some photos of places that … Continue reading →

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Tsundoku II

Posted on 27 May 2013 by Henry Gee

For some reason a post I did a while back on tsundoku seems to be attracting some attention, so I thought I’d cash in expand on this after a recent trip to one of my favourite secondhand book stores. Tsun-do-ku (n.) … Continue reading →

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