Category Archives: London

Commutatis Maledictis

Posted on 25 March 2022 by Henry Gee

London! London! (It’s only a model). London! On second thoughts, let’s not visit London. It is a Silly Place. Notwithstanding inasmuch as which it’s almost precisely approximately exactly two whole years since I have been to the London Orifice (I’m … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Memories of Trains

Posted on 23 December 2020 by Athene Donald

What a rubbish year this has been, on different fronts. We are in a far worse state than could conceivably have been imagined this time last year and, the start of vaccinations apart, there is little light visible to cheer … Continue reading →

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Town Called Malice

Posted on 2 December 2018 by rpg

I went to a gig on Friday night. That in itself is probably worth a blog post, but this gig was a bit special because the Younger Pawn was playing bass in a band called Charles and the Big Boys, … Continue reading →

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Voices

Posted on 3 November 2014 by Erika Cule

One of the advantages of being “Beyond the PhD” is having enough time to do all of those things I used to want to do when all of my time was taken up by writing up. After handing in my corrections, and … Continue reading →

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On a hill

Posted on 12 October 2014 by rpg

Jenny and I took some friends around the Rotherhithe peninsula yesterday, cutting through Russia Dock Woodlands and finally climbing Stave Hill. From the top of Stave Hill you can appreciate just how flat London geography really is. The Hill’s not … Continue reading →

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On biological modelling

Posted on 12 August 2014 by rpg

You can take the rat out of the lab… … but you can’t complete translation without a ribosome.

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Downbound Train

Posted on 14 March 2014 by rpg

A funny thing happened on the way to Borough this evening. The train was delayed as we pulled into Old Street. The driver said there was a faulty train ahead being taken out of service. He warned us that lots … Continue reading →

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Keep on running

Posted on 21 April 2013 by rpg

What’s that bright light in the sky? We need Winter, because without it we would not appreciate Spring so much.

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Parklife

Posted on 28 March 2013 by rpg

If you’ve ever seen my Flickr stream you might realize I’m quite fond of birds. Even here in Zone 2 there are a lot of birds around—especially in our garden. Blue tits, great tits, long-tailed tits, robins, dunnocks, goldfinches, wrens, … Continue reading →

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On biological modelling

Posted on 24 March 2013 by rpg

Complement activation

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