Category Archives: Paris

Being Educated but not Inspired

Posted on 9 September 2018 by Athene Donald

I’ve been away for a few wonderful days exploring the streets (and art) of Paris, a city in which I always regret I have never lived – as opposed to visited many times. One of my unfulfilled dreams was to … Continue reading →

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Joining the Dots

Posted on 26 November 2017 by Athene Donald

I’ve been in Paris this weekend, talking to a ‘Global Cambridge‘ event for alumni. Paris is a city of which I am inordinately fond – one of my unfulfilled dreams was to spend a sabbatical in the city so I … Continue reading →

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Some words when one is speechless

Posted on 15 November 2015 by Heather

The current use of “no words” in its semaphoric online sense seems to date back to five or ten years ago. To you, there may seem to be a great difference between five and ten years ago. To me, two … Continue reading →

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Who the hell will tell me who my father really was?!

Posted on 7 July 2015 by Steve Caplan

This angry question, uttered repeatedly by the protagonist of Bualem Sansal‘s courageous and thought-provoking novel, translated into English as “The German Mujahid,” has been permanently etched in my brain. The story follows the day-to-day chaos in the life of Malrich, … Continue reading →

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Icons, cell biology and comfort zones

Posted on 5 October 2014 by Steve Caplan

I recently returned from a week in Paris in which I attended a great meeting hosted by the French Society for Cell Biology (SBCF) called “Building the Cell,” at the Pasteur Institute and from another seminar invitation at the Curie … Continue reading →

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Street Science in Paris

Posted on 18 April 2013 by Philip Strange

I recently returned from a week’s holiday in Paris. It’s a beautiful place for just walking and looking and while we were there, spring finally arrived. On our last day, we were invited to a rehearsal of the Orchestre Philharmonique … Continue reading →

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