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.

Planes

Posted on 10 May 2013 by Henry Gee

When I moved from London to Cromer, colleagues were genuinely aghast, How, they asked, would I get to international meetings? “Norwich International Airport,” I replied. It’s 35 minutes’ easy drive from my door. Parking is plentiful, cheap, and all of … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #94

Posted on 6 May 2013 by Henry Gee

In an anguished missive accompanying this picture, Professor Trellis of North Wales writes: Have you noticed how existential DIY megamarts get on Bank Holiday weekends? All I wanted to do was get a new hasp for the shed door, and … Continue reading →

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Now I Am Old, I Shall Play Purple

Posted on 1 May 2013 by Henry Gee

This is the first generation of the truly ageing rock star. The Stones are still at it, fifty years on (proprietors M. Jagger & K. Richards, both 69.) David Bowie (66) has just released a new record which is reportedly … Continue reading →

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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #51

Posted on 1 May 2013 by Henry Gee

Suggestions welcome for suitably surreal titles for this bizarre installation recently discovered at the Maison Des Girrafes. You know the sort of thing: things like Oh Calcutta! Calcutta! or The Ghost Of Professor Trellis of North Wales, Which Can Also … Continue reading →

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Dogsplaining #6

Posted on 28 April 2013 by Henry Gee

Heidi the Golden Retriever explains the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture using only her eyebrows.

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Index

Posted on 27 April 2013 by Henry Gee

The book is written, the proofs have been corrected, the date is set. Yes, The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution will be out in October, and you can, if you wish, pre-order it. But first, I have to do … Continue reading →

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Funerals

Posted on 18 April 2013 by Henry Gee

Unless you have spent the past week in a box buried 37 miles beneath the surface of Mars, you’ll have been aware that yesterday was the funeral of Baroness Thatcher, who was the Prime Minister of Britain between 1979 and … Continue reading →

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T*ts

Posted on 11 April 2013 by Henry Gee

There’s nothing like a picture of a comely young woman in her underwear to perk up one’s sagging spirits of an evening, but when I was alerted to the following story on the FB page of my friend Ms L. … Continue reading →

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Shooting The Badger

Posted on 7 April 2013 by Henry Gee

Crox Minor, for it is she, can never resist the urge to do the Harlem Shake in public, so jumped at the chance to don a badger mask and do the aforesaid shimmy to raise awareness about the prospect of … Continue reading →

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Another Mystery Bone For You To Identify

Posted on 7 April 2013 by Henry Gee

A while ago I posted a beachcombing of a bone found on the East Beach at Cromer, which my Friend Mr P. V. of Lewisham (who regularly entertains such images in his blog, Zygoma) identified as the humerus of a … Continue reading →

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