Not having written any books lately about teenage vampires, schoolboy wizards, sadomasochism, cookery or gardening, the times I’ve been asked for advice about how to get a book published can be numbered on the fingers of one hand. (The times I’ve received fan mail can be numbered on the fingers of one thumb.)
It is with some surprise th Continue reading
I was interested to discover recently that candidates for the headship of a certain Cambridge college were required to chair a mock Governing Body meeting (this was not part of my own selection process at Churchill I should say). I can see why a college would think this was a good idea. The ability to chair is a crucial one, one that seems never to Continue reading
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
I knew that the Shameless Plug was soon to come out as an audiobook. Continue reading
Penny Candy paperback edition, by Jean Kerr
While on vacation in California, I had the U.S. version of a famous online bookstore locate and then send me a copy of a collection of essays I once enjoyed in the very same yard-sale paperback edition. It is as old as I am, and entitled Penny Candy, by Jean Kerr. Continue reading
Kudos to Mateja Erdani Kreft of the University of Ljubljana and Horst Robenek from the University of Münster for telling it like it is:
You don’t often see such candor in the methods section of your local journal article – so much so that recently, the #overlyhonestmethods hashtag went viral on Twitter.
Jokes aside, this got me to thin Continue reading
This book review first appeared in Times Higher Education on February 27th 2014
Are We All Scientific Experts Now?
By Harry Collins
Polity, 168pp, £35.00 and £9.99
ISBN 9780745682037 and 82044
Published 28 February 2014
When a colleague of Mrs Crox learned that Crox Minor (15) wanted to go to medical school and study to be a surgeon, the colleague recommended that Crox Minor read Brain Matters: Adventures of a Brain Surgeon. So she did, and so have I, and here, for what it’s worth is a brief review.
It’s a memoir, basically, by one Katrina S Firlik, of Continue reading
Yesterday afternoon I participated in the Omaha Public Library’s annual author fair, featuring (mostly) local authors and their books. The highlight, of course, was my own table featuring the “new genre of Lab Lit” and my 3 modest contributions to the burgeoning field. But there were books on everything from a young man’s e Continue reading
After months of relentless rain and wind, today London felt suddenly and inexorably whalloped over the head by spring. Complete with Disney-style stars and birds orbiting its head.
Our garden has gone ballistic with spring bulbs. Continue reading
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